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smash-up Informal

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a bad collision, esp of cars

vb smash up

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

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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

smash-up

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

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