Smash vs. Pash — What's the Difference?

To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.

Pash (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988) was the pen name of Avtar Singh Sandhu, one of the major poets in the Punjabi literature of the 1970s. He was killed by Khalistani extremists on 23 March 1988.

To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing

A romantic infatuation.

To strike with a heavy blow or impact

To snog, to make out, to kiss.

(Sports) To hit (a ball, puck, or shuttlecock) in a forceful overhand stroke.

(dialect) To throw (or be thrown) and break.

To cause to come into forceful contact with something

To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash into pieces.

To crush or destroy completely

A passionate kiss.

To surpass or outdo by a large margin

A romantic infatuation; a crush.

To move and strike or collide suddenly, noisily, and violently

The object of a romantic infatuation; a crush.

To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision

Any obsession or passion.

(Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.

A crushing blow.

To go bankrupt.

A heavy fall of rain or snow.

A heavy blow or collision

(obsolete) The head.

(Sports) A forceful overhand stroke, as in tennis or badminton.

To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.

A violent breaking of something or the noise made by such breaking

The head; the poll.

Total defeat or destruction; ruin.

A crushing blow.

Financial failure; bankruptcy.

A heavy fall of rain or snow.

A drink made of mint, sugar, soda water, and alcoholic liquor, usually brandy.

A soft drink made of crushed fruit.

(Informal) A resounding success

Of, relating to, or being a resounding success

With a sudden violent crash.

The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

A traffic collision.

(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).

(tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

A bankruptcy.

A disaster; a bad situation.

A mashed foodstuff.

A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.

Airspeed; dynamic pressure.

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

(transitive) To hit extremely hard.

To ruin completely and suddenly.

To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.

To deform through continuous pressure.

To have sexual intercourse with.

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.

To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

Hence, bankruptcy.

A vigorous blow;

A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

The act of colliding with something;

A conspicuous success;

Hit hard;

Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

Reduce to bankruptcy;

Hit violently;

Humiliate or depress completely;

Damage or destroy as if by violence;

Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

Collide or strike violently and suddenly;

Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);

Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;

With a loud crash;