Synonyms for smashing
ˈsmæʃ ɪŋsmash·ing

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1. smashing, shatteringadjective

   the act of breaking something into small pieces

   Synonyms:
   shattering

   Antonyms:
   bad

2. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

   Antonyms:
   bad

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How to use smashing in a sentence?

1. Arnold H. Glasgow:

   The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.

2. Greg Guma:

   We were all talking about this -- smashing monogamy, exploring psychology, sexuality and the politics of sexuality.

3. Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 09-09-05:

   We want God to come and save us. But he won't. God doesn't stop levees from failing, he doesn't stay the force of tsunamis, and he doesn't stop planes from smashing into buildings. Deus Ex Machina is overrated.

4. Susan Scott:

   We have always thought that there should be binary systems of a black hole and a neutron star circling each other out in space, so if this event is confirmed, it would be the first evidence that such systems do actually exist, and that some of them are spiraling closer and closer and eventually smashing together.

5. Rich Briggs:

   Hispaniola sits in a place where plates transition from smashing together to sliding past one another.