smithereens
/ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz/
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American sound/ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz/
ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz
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ˌsmɪðə - ˈriːnz -> smithereens
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘The Golden Dragon is blown into smithereens and pieces of the cargo ship lands into the water after being blown sky high.’
- ‘Officers called to the scene found the old-style red cast iron phone kiosk in smithereens with just the four corner upright supports still standing.’
- ‘Germany and Japan have both been peaceful, nonviolent countries ever since they were bombed to smithereens in WWII.’
- ‘We can watch movies, in which hundreds of people get blown to smithereens.’
- ‘It would also be legal to use force to enter their house/apartment/hotel room and set about smashing their stereo to smithereens with a hurley.’
Synonyms
ace, allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, atom, bang, bit, bite, bits, bits and pieces, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cut, cutting, discard, division, divvy, dole, dot, drag, dram, dribble, drop, end, example, excerpt, extract, fix, fleck, fraction, fragment, fragments, glob, gob, grain, half, helping, hit, hoot, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, job, jot, junk, lagniappe, leaving, leftover, length, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, mote, mouthful, odds and ends, orts, ounce, parcel, part, particle, percentage, piece, piece of action, pieces, plum, portion, quantity, quantum, quota, ration, ray, remains, remnant, sample, scrap, scruple, section, seed, segment, serving, shards, share, shiver, shot, shred, slice, sliver, slug, smidgen, smithereen, snatch, snippet, specimen, speck, spot, stitch, stump, taste, trace, waste, whit
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