Berlin was bombed to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His hopes were dashed to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I wanted to smash him to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Plural noun : broken into smithereens. From Dictionary.com.
"I think the best use you can put a rattlesnake to is to blow him into smithereens, which is what I am going to do.". From Wordnik.com. [Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3)] Reference
The monkey was literally knocked to "smithereens," and the pieces that still adhered together were daubed all over with mud. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Broke me heart in smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [December 2007] Reference
If there are aliens they sure are in smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [2006 » February] Reference
"smithereens," or, as my companion more elegantly expressed it, "into the middle of next week.". From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
"You two went and smashed my pull all to smithereens.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy] Reference
The gunners smashed the German position to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
Are we going to be blown into smithereens, or are we not?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891] Reference
It was cracked like an egg-shell, -- "smashed to smithereens,". From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
And really it looks like the flames sort of blew it to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2008] Reference
But we shall blow it all to smithereens when we get them in the witness box. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
"Oh," said he, "a shell landed right on top of it and blew it to smithereens.". From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
Ryerson, called up the guns and the second shell sent their mortar to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
"They were sore at us for swiping their grub and they sent our kettle to smithereens.". From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy] Reference
The teapot th 'ol' man brought from Ireland -- the very teapot -- smashed to smithereens!. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2006] Reference
His life, both privately and professionally, is in smithereens, but he has to keep R4 going. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating Radio 4's continuity announcers] Reference
He would send those marbles flying from their hole like little smithereens in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
MESERVE: (voice-over): Airplanes blown to smithereens all in the name of science and security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2009] Reference
Actors will most likely incorporate spectators into the action after smashing the fourth wall to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [Going Out Guide for Aug. 11, 2010] Reference
About 100 yards over and down came a burst of concussion shells, flying and blowing everything around to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [S.O.S. Stand to!] Reference
My dear girl, if it had rested with me, we should both be lying in smithereens at the present moment, on the rocks below. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Suddenly Ali and his friends have to undo all their efforts before they're blown to smithereens by U.S. and Pakistani agents. From Wordnik.com. [Bollywood Parody Plays Bin Laden For Laughs] Reference
One day, when Rabbit was taking his medications, Tigger bounced his carrots to smithereens and Rabbit had an idea. From Wordnik.com. [Winnie the Pooh and the Very Medicated Day] Reference
Our brougham was in the yard; the window next the explosion was intact, but the one on the further side was blown to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
When last we saw Liam and Annie, they shared a tender moment on Liam's hand-built boat before creepy Jasper blew it to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [90210's Matt Lanter Reveals Who Will Give Liam a Run For Annie's Love] Reference
He talked of heads smashed to a jelly, of legs in smithereens, of a bicyclist who had had not one, but both eyes caught in the chain. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
"Och, Aileen, darlin ', me heart's in smithereens, and I'm that deep in trouble that me head's like to rend -- an' Jim's all broke up --". From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The wire has been smashed to smithereens, and in less time than it takes to describe you are 'over the top' -- close up to the enemy line. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Top With the Third Australian Division] Reference
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