how to pronounce smash

/smæʃ/

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the above transcription of smash is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

smash is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of smash in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I thought I'd do the smash or pass …”

meaning of smash

Smash means to break or destroy something violently.

smash frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word smash occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics smash can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that smash can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) transport and travel;