smash-up

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smash-up

(Automotive Engineering) a bad collision, esp of cars

(tr, adverb) to damage to the point of complete destruction: they smashed the place up.

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smash′-up`

a complete smash, esp. between vehicles.

[1855–60]

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Noun

smash-up - a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

smash

automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails

collision - an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"

Translations

smash-up

[ˈsmæʃʌp] N → violenta colisión f, grave accidente m de tráfico

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smash-up

n (Brit: Aut, Rail) → übler Unfall; (esp with another vehicle) → Karambolage f

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Came the long day, when, routed from bed at three in the morning to dig a surface car out of the wrecked show windows of a drug store and get it back on the track, they had laboured all day clearing up a half-dozen smash-ups and arrived at the car house at nine at night just as another call came in.

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After a first-lap smash-up when 13 of the 22 starters collided in one of the biggest pile-ups in Formula One history, the restart saw Ferrari's Michael Schumacher - bidding for his second triumph in succession after victory at Budapest - lose an excellent winning chance.

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It is these plonkers that instigate pile-ups, spin-offs, rear-end shunts and a plethora of other smash-ups, through their sense of self-entitlement and sheer bloody-mindedness.

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Aside from the normal health concerns, overindulgence of alcoholic drinks affects one's mental alertness and physical prowess especially when driving that may result in road smash-ups.

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Dubai: Early morning mist formation over the major roads has prompted the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) to urge motorists to be cautious, reduce speed and leave enough distance between vehicles to avoid smash-ups in fog.

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"There should be a way to warn ships, ferries and other vessels passing through the area to slow down and take the necessary precautions so that vessels smash-ups are avoided," he said.

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Other smash-ups are catastrophic, shattering an object into numerous fragments, as was the case with the Eos asteroid family.

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But judging by the daily smash-ups and blatant disregard for even basic traffic rules on China's roadways, quantity seems to have trumped quality at many schools.