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  • noun Plural form of smashup.

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Examples

  • What Asphaug calls a slow crash is relative: It happened at more than 5,000 mph, but that's about as slow as possible when you are talking planetary smashups.

    Earth's 2 Moons? It's Not Lunacy, But New Theory 2011

  • If you like explosions, crashes and smashups, Trauma's your pilot.

    Beyond the top 10: The other premieres 2009

  • We even enjoy the sordid titillation of juicy celebrity smashups a la Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston: beautiful young people making a spectacle of their relationship.

    Some longtime couples find that not breaking up is hard to do Abigail Trafford 2010

  • Those smashups happen much more often than they should.

    Road Rage, Chinese Style 2007

  • A Kurdish friend of mine witnessed an argument between two drivers after one of the innumerable smashups, during which one man shouted,

    Welcome to the Green Zone 2004

  • A Kurdish friend of mine witnessed an argument between two drivers after one of the innumerable smashups, during which one man shouted,

    Welcome to the Green Zone 2004

  • Not sure of any data on frequency of fender-benders vs. bad smashups for men vs. women.

    In Defense Of Generalizations and “Petty” Complaints 2006

  • "He says," said Tish, as we put the top down and got out the vacuum bottle – oh, yes, Mr. Ellis had sent Tish one as a present – "that if there are any smashups they'll occur here."

    Tish 1916

  • "He says," said Tish, as we put the top down and got out the vacuum bottle -- oh, yes, Mr. Ellis had sent Tish one as a present -- "that if there are any smashups they'll occur here."

    Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

  • "I hope there will be no smashups," came from Bob.

    The Motor Boys; or Chums Through Thick and Thin 1906

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