See smashing on Wiktionary
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"The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something."
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"An overwhelming victory or success."
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"victory",
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"success",
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"(informal, idiomatic) An overwhelming victory or success."
],
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"The deformation of something through continuous pressure."
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"An act of sexual intercourse."
],
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],
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"(slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse."
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"A disastrous failure of something."
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[
"failure",
"failure"
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],
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"(slang, archaic) A disastrous failure of something."
],
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Malayalam translations",
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