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smithereens

[ smith-uh-reenz ]

plural noun

  1. small pieces; bits:

    broken into smithereens.



smithereens

/ ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz /

plural noun

  1. little shattered pieces or fragments


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smithereens1

1820–30; dial. smithers (< ?) + Hiberno-English -een diminutive suffix (< Irish -ín )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of smithereens1

C19: from Irish Gaelic smidirīn, from smiodar

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Example Sentences

Also, Mary is dead now and her grill has probably been blown to smithereens.

Nevertheless, Grande manages to shoot her foes to smithereens.

New York residents—and moviegoers in general—are conditioned to seeing the Big Apple blown to smithereens.

Meanwhile, the bomb explodes, blowing him and his pals to smithereens.

I think that embedded in these agreements are three ticking time bombs that could blow them to smithereens.

A model of a statue which he had just finished with a desperate effort was smashed to smithereens on its way to exhibition.

I think the best use you can put a rattlesnake to is to blow him into smithereens, which is what I am going to do.

"I suppose it makes no difference if Edith is 'smashed to smithereens,' only the canoe," remarked Cynthia, demurely.

One bunch come right for my guns, but we had loaded with grape an' we just blew 'em to smithereens.

The lumpy problem was smashed, by that cry, into smithereens.

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