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smith·er·eens [ˌsmɪðəˈri:nz] N pl

to blow/smash sth to smithereens

the city was bombed to smithereens

to break sth into smithereens

the city was bombed to smithereens

to blow/smash sth to smithereens

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To absorb and store this huge burst without blowing the facility to smithereens, we'd need super-heavy duty electrical circuits and capacitors. www.asianscientist.com

The same volatile deposit was sometimes known to blow winter ice to smithereens in dramatic, dangerous burps. ottawacitizen.com

When it does, it's almost disappointing -- more often, matches are won simply by blowing the other team to smithereens. www.gameplanet.co.nz

Although he believed the film conjures a wonderful anticipatory mood of dread in the first 30 minutes, he ultimately believed the film then blows it to stylish smithereens. en.wikipedia.org

If you weren't getting blown to smithereens or developing scurvy, you were probably drinking grog to dull the boredom of life at sea. gizmodo.com

Sometimes they find pieces of other birds, blown to smithereens by something beyond avian comprehension. www.avclub.com

Ever since then, you have blasted by vocabulary into smithereens. opinion.inquirer.net

At times, his fury would have broken the stumps into smithereens. www.theroar.com.au

In a few million years, when they reach the ends of their short but brilliant life cycles, they'll blow the structure to beautiful smithereens. www.cnet.com

It is still a saying that something was broken to smithereens: pillunpreiksi. en.wikipedia.org

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