Sentence examples for were smashed from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

were devastated

were demolished

were overwhelmed

were annihilated

were crashed

Dictionary

were smashed

verb

To break (something brittle) violently.

The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.

synonyms

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Their cars were smashed.

The New York Times

Shop windows were smashed.

The New York Times

Phones were smashed.

The Guardian - Opinion

The coastal areas were smashed.

The New Yorker

Pumpkins were smashed.

The New York Times

The car windows were smashed.

Independent

More computer terminals were smashed.

The New York Times - Style

Shop-fronts were smashed and set ablaze.

The Economist

Profit records were smashed quarter after quarter.

The Economist

We were smashed in the shop.

The New York Times

Similar(1)

Within minutes, the lottery drum, tables and chairs were smashed.

The Washington Post

More suggestions(15)

were shattered

were quashed

were trashed

were disintegrated

were vanquished

were hit

were slaughtered

were obliterated

were broken

were dismantled

were crushed

were hammered

well smashed

were massacred

members smashed

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