2. Noun. A collision involving one or more vehicles ¹
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Definition of Smashup
1. a collision of motor vehicles [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smashup
Literary usage of Smashup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Labor Problem, Or, The Industrial Problem and Its Solution: A Small Book by Eugene P. Hourihan (1902)
"It all ends up in a fearful smashup—a smashup of the most gigantic kind. The whole
industrial structure is wrecked and ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Flirtations are like motor cars ; they either exceed the speed limit and end in
a smashup, or they are so slow that a girl nearly dies of nervous ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"The necessity for an instant dismount may arise in a moment, and failure to so
dismount and stop the tandem may mean a smashup. The causes for such an ..."
4. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1885)
"He reached Boston at 6.2o the next morning, after an eventful journey, having
lost a half-hour by a derailed tender and an hour and a half by the smashup of ..."
5. A Manual of Forensic Chemistry Dealing Especially with Chemical Evidence by William Jago, University College, London, George D'Estin Ballou (1909)
"The trouble is that the extremist will run so fast that he will not see the open
switches or the danger signals, so he has a smashup which ruins himself and ..."
6. The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns by Frank Preston Stearns (1907)
"There was great rejoicing at the Bird Club over the political smashup at Charleston,
and John A. Andrew compared Douglas to the Nessus shirt which destroyed ..."
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