# smashed

Pronunciation: say "SMASHT" /smæʃt/

## Adjective

1. Broken apart completely, often into many small pieces or shards.
   - Simple: Broken into many small pieces.
   - _Crews swept up the smashed bottles scattered across the parking lot._
   - _The vase lay smashed on the tile, its fragments scattered everywhere._
3. Heavily drunk; strongly intoxicated by alcohol. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol.
   - _By midnight half the guests were utterly smashed._
   - _He came home smashed after the office celebration._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of smash. — simple past and past participle of smash
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of smash. Use this form when talking about breaking something earlier.
   - _Vandals smashed every streetlight along the avenue._
   - _The storm smashed the small boats against the rocks._

## Origin

Formed from "smash" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/smashed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).