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#2 (permalink) Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:18 am Smash, crash, clash, hash |
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. (a) smash --
# verb: hit violently (Example: "She smashed her car against the guard rail") # verb: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow (Example: "The window smashed") # verb: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over (Example: "Smash a plate") # verb: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) (Example: "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off") # verb: hit hard (Example: "He smashed a 3-run homer") # verb: collide or strike violently and suddenly (Example: "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail") # verb: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke # verb: humiliate or depress completely (Example: "The death of her son smashed her") # verb: damage or destroy as if by violence
(b) crash--
# verb: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise (Example: "The car crashed through the glass door") # verb: occupy, usually uninvited (Example: "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend") # verb: stop operating (Example: "My computer crashed last night") # verb: undergo a sudden and severe downturn (Example: "The economy crashed") # verb: hurl or thrust violently # verb: undergo damage or destruction on impact (Example: "The plane crashed into the ocean") # verb: break violently or noisily; smash; # verb: cause to crash (Example: "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace") # verb: fall or come down violently (Example: "The branch crashed down on my car") # verb: move violently as through a barrier (Example: "The terrorists crashed the gate") # verb: enter uninvited; informal (Example: "Let's crash the party!") # verb: sleep in a convenient place (Example: "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable")
(c) clash--
# verb: be incompatible; be or come into conflict (Example: "These colors clash") # verb: disagree violently (Example: "We clashed over the new farm policies") # verb: crash together with violent impact (Example: "Two meteors clashed")
(d) hash--
verb: chop up (Example: "Hash the potatoes") . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#3 (permalink) Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:48 am Smash, crash, clash, hash |
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Thank you, That is something. |
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Marica I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Fri Sep 30, 2011 18:27 pm Re: Smash, crash, clash, hash |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
. (a) smash --
# verb: hit violently (Example: "She smashed her car against the guard rail") # verb: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow (Example: "The window smashed") # verb: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over (Example: "Smash a plate") # verb: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) (Example: "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off") # verb: hit hard (Example: "He smashed a 3-run homer") # verb: collide or strike violently and suddenly (Example: "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail") # verb: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke # verb: humiliate or depress completely (Example: "The death of her son smashed her") # verb: damage or destroy as if by violence
(b) crash--
# verb: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise (Example: "The car crashed through the glass door") # verb: occupy, usually uninvited (Example: "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend") # verb: stop operating (Example: "My computer crashed last night") # verb: undergo a sudden and severe downturn (Example: "The economy crashed") # verb: hurl or thrust violently # verb: undergo damage or destruction on impact (Example: "The plane crashed into the ocean") # verb: break violently or noisily; smash; # verb: cause to crash (Example: "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace") # verb: fall or come down violently (Example: "The branch crashed down on my car") # verb: move violently as through a barrier (Example: "The terrorists crashed the gate") # verb: enter uninvited; informal (Example: "Let's crash the party!") # verb: sleep in a convenient place (Example: "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable")
(c) clash--
# verb: be incompatible; be or come into conflict (Example: "These colors clash") # verb: disagree violently (Example: "We clashed over the new farm policies") # verb: crash together with violent impact (Example: "Two meteors clashed")
(d) hash--
verb: chop up (Example: "Hash the potatoes") . |
Thanks you for the explentions |
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Igal1 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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