smashup

See also: smash up

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase smash up.

Noun

smashup (plural smashups)

1. (informal) An abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.
2. (informal) A violent collision involving one or more vehicles.
3. An instance or the result of smashing; that which has been smashed into pieces.
   • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 206:

     I discovered that a lot of imported drainage-pipes for the settlement had been tumbled in there. There wasn’t one that was not broken. It was a wanton smash-up.

Translations

breakdown or failure

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collision

• Greek: σύγκρουση (el) f (sýgkrousi), τρακάρισμα (el) n (trakárisma)
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Anagrams

• mash-ups, mashups