Dashed vs. Smashed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dashed and Smashed
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Dashed
To move with haste; rush
Dashed into the room.
Dashed down the hall.
Smashed
Intoxicated; drunk.
Dashed
To strike violently; smash
Waves dashing on the rocks.
Smashed
(slang) Drunk.
I was so smashed last night, I don’t remember how I got home!
Dashed
To break or smash by striking violently
The ship was dashed upon the rocks.
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Smashed
Simple past tense and past participle of smash
Dashed
To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence
Dashed the cup against the wall.
Smashed
Broken into sharp pieces;
Shattered glass
Your eyeglasses are smashed
The police came in through the splintered door
Dashed
To remove by striking or wiping
Dash tears from one's face.
Smashed
Very drunk
Dashed
To splash; bespatter
Dash water on one's face.
Dashed
To write hastily. Often used with off
Dashed off a note to the dean.
Dashed
To drink hastily. Often used with down
Dashed down a glass of milk.
Dashed
To add an enlivening or altering element to
A speech dashed with humor.
Dashed
To affect by adding another element or ingredient to
Ice cream that was dashed with rum.
Dashed
To destroy or wreck
Our hopes were dashed by the news.
Dashed
To discourage or dispirit
"This discouraging information a little dashed the child" (Charles Dickens).
Dashed
To damn.
Dashed
A swift, violent blow or stroke
Knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
Dashed
A splash
Threw a dash of water on my face.
Dashed
A small amount of an added ingredient
A dash of sherry.
Dashed
A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
Dashed
A sudden movement; a rush
Made a dash for the exit.
Dashed
(Sports) A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
Dashed
A spirited quality in action or style; verve.
Dashed
Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
Dashed
In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
Dashed
A dashboard.
Dashed
Past participle of dash
Dashed
(of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
Dashed
Damned.
It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.
Dashed
Having gaps or spaces;
Sign on the dotted line
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