smash down

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English

Verb

smash down (third-person singular simple present smashes down, present participle smashing down, simple past and past participle smashed down)

  1. (transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
    • 2011 February 10, “Boy, seven, mauled by pitbull is lucky to be alive after stranger broke into flat to save him”, in Daily Mail:
      Mr Alhadi, 27, heard Jack's screams as he passed the property in West Ham, east London, and smashed down the door.
  2. (intransitive) To fall heavily.
    • 2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
      Arsenal were shining bright in a match that had begun with hailstones smashing down in the stadium.