The toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I wanted to smash him to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His hopes were dashed to smithereens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Berlin was bombed 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 ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2006] 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
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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