Smash Up (Verb)
Meaning
Damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The driver lost control and smash up the parked vehicle near the intersection.
- The reckless behavior of the young driver caused him to smash up several cars in the parking lot.
- In a fit of anger, the teenager smash up the old computer that wouldn't work anymore.
- The neighbors got annoyed because someone came in the night and smash up their bird feeder with rocks.
- Unfortunately, after the driver had one too many drinks at the party, he decided to drive and managed to smash up his sister's car.