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smithereens

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smith·er·eens  (sm-rnz)
pl.n. Informal
Fragments or splintered pieces; bits: The fragile dish broke into smithereens.
[From Irish Gaelic smidirn, diminutive of smiodar, small fragment.]
smithereens
Noun, pl
shattered fragments [Irish Gaelic smidirīn]
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Noun1.smithereens - a collection of small fragments considered as a whole; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole


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We take up their cause, but it turns out that 'the enemy of the human race' pays no heed to our fine speeches and in his rude and savage way throws himself on the Prussians without giving them time to finish the parade they had begun, and in two twists of the hand he breaks them to smithereens and installs himself in the palace at Potsdam.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But if ever a sprinter broke into smithereens all world's records it was I that day when I fled before those hide-ous beasts along the narrow spit of rocky cliff between two narrow fiords toward the Sojar Az.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Then she got out her old rifle an' shot the demijohn to smithereens, an' all she had to do was lap the whisky outa the tub.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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