smithereens
smith·er·eens (sm
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pl.n. Informal
Fragments or splintered pieces; bits: The fragile dish broke into smithereens.
[From Irish Gaelic smidir
n, diminutive of smiodar, small fragment.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | smithereens – a collection of small fragments considered as a whole; “Berlin was bombed to smithereens”; “his hopes were dashed to smithereens”; “I wanted to smash him to smithereens”; “the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens”
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage – several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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