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Collocations for smash - verb

Smash is used with these nouns as the subject:
fist, glass, vandal, wave, window

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Smash is used with these nouns as the object:
barricade, fist, glass, mirror, pane, racket, record, skull, vase, window, windscreen

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Collocations for smash - noun

1. breaking noisily into pieces

ADJECTIVE

loud

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VERB + smash

hear

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PREPOSITION

with a smash
The plate hit the floor with a smash.
smash of
He heard the smash of breaking glass.

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2. (BrE) in a car, etc.

ADJECTIVE

head-on
fatal
Their car was involved in a fatal smash with a stolen van.
horrific
hit-and-run
a 20-year-old victim of a hit-and-run smash
high-speed
car, motorbike
rail, train
motorway, road
two-car, three-vehicle, etc.

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VERB + smash

have
cause
A teenage driver has been fined £300 for causing a road smash on the A127.

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smash + VERB

happen
The smash happened just before junction 13 of the M6.

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PREPOSITION

in a/the smash
Four people were seriously injured in a head-on smash on the A45.

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3. in tennis

ADJECTIVE

powerful
overhead
forearm

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VERB + smash

hit
He can hit a powerful overhead smash.
miss
He misses a smash to hand Federer a 5–0 lead.

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4. song, film/movie, etc.

ADJECTIVE

box-office
club, dance-floor (both BrE)
the recent club smash, ‘Rocking Music’
surprise
instant
The comedy was an instant smash with critics.
summer

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VERB + smash

be, become

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smash + NOUN

album, single
series, show, sitcom
Bridges starred on the smash sitcom ‘Diff'rent Strokes’.
hit
film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE)

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