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Smithereens   /smˌɪðərˈinz/   Listen
Smithereens

noun
1.
A collection of small fragments considered as a whole.  "His hopes were dashed to smithereens" , "I wanted to smash him to smithereens" , "The toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens"





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"Smithereens" Quotes from Famous Books



... prove it he is doing this thing. His messengers are speeding everywhere. Caterers from Newburgh have had hurry-up orders to provide a bountiful feast and old Heartsease Farm is to be the scene of an 'Infair' that will beat Dorothy's to—smithereens! I mean, begging her ladyship's pardon, in point of size. Leah is to be the guest of honor, since she cannot preside; but be sure she'll not disgrace her proud brother since at Dorothy's Party she has learned how harmless ...
— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond


Words linked to "Smithereens" :   accumulation, assemblage, collection, aggregation


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