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SMASHER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conspicuous success

Example:

the party went with a bang

Synonyms:

bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smasher"):

blockbuster; megahit; smash hit (an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel))

sleeper (an unexpected hit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A very attractive or seductive looking woman

Synonyms:

beauty; dish; knockout; looker; lulu; mantrap; peach; ravisher; smasher; stunner; sweetheart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who smashes something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

smash (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over)

smash (hit hard)

smash (damage or destroy as if by violence)

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