smash down

See also: smashdown and smash-down

English

Verb

smash down (third-person singular simple present smashes down, present participle smashing down, simple past and past participle smashed down)

1. (transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
   • 2011 February 10, “Boy, seven, mauled by pitbull is lucky to be alive after stranger broke into flat to save him”, in Daily Mail‎^[1]:

     Mr Alhadi, 27, heard Jack's screams as he passed the property in West Ham, east London, and smashed down the door.

2. (intransitive) To fall heavily.
   • 2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     Arsenal were shining bright in a match that had begun with hailstones smashing down in the stadium.