smithereens Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

WordNet


Smith`er*eens" noun plural
Definitions
  1. Fragments; atoms; smithers. Colloq. W. Black.

Webster 1913