Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A total collapse or defeat.
- noun A serious collision between vehicles; a wreck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An abrupt, damaging
breakdown orfailure - noun A
collision involving one or more vehicles
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Examples
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Because no LAPD officer witnessed the crash, Knight will most likely not be cited for the smashup, which is now a case for the parties 'respective insurance companies.
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Just a few months ago, the Soviet Union seemed headed for some kind of smashup: there was talk of violence in the streets, the fall of Gorbachev, an Army takeover.
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Knight will most likely not be cited for the smashup, which is now a case for the parties 'respective insurance companies. "
Queerty 2009
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Astronomers have long thought the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never been seen before.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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One fragment of that ancient smashup may have struck Earth 65 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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I can obviously see that taking even 2 officers out of a 6man team is a nightmare, but I recall one quite minor smashup on the M11 last year, and we counted 6 police vehicles speeding up the emergency lane.
Bad Vibrations And The Smell Of Benzine. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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And then Catherine was looking at an image of a two-car smashup in front of the exit ramp on Carson Street, the traffic on Main visibly clotted around the vehicles.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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One fragment of that ancient smashup may have struck Earth 65 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision | Universe Today 2010
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Astronomers have long thought the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never been seen before.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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One fragment of that ancient smashup may have struck Earth 65 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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