zerschmettern — meaning in English

English meaning

• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
• shatter verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
• smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.

Senses

zerschmettern is used for these senses in English:

• crash (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
• dash (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
• shatter (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
• smash (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

crash — full definition

1. noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
2. noun A sudden failure of a computer program or system.
3. noun A sudden, sharp fall in the value of stocks, currency, or other assets.
4. verb To collide violently, or (of a vehicle) to be involved in an accident.
5. verb To stop working suddenly (of a computer or program).

dash — full definition

1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

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