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smithereens
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun smithereens has 1 sense
- smithereens(n = noun.group) Array - a collection of small fragments considered as a whole; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens" is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smithereens, n.pl. (also smithers) small fragments (smash into smithereens).
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
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