Smithereens

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smithereens \Smith`er*eens"\ (sm[i^][th]`[~e]r*[=e]nz"), n. pl.
     Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] --W. Black.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  smithereens
       n : 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 smitereens"