smithereens
pronunciation
How to pronounce smithereens in British English:
UK [ˌsmɪðəˈri:nz]
How to pronounce smithereens in American English:
US [ˌsmɪðəˈrinz]
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- Noun:
- a collection of small fragments considered as a whole
Word Origin
- smithereens (n.)
- "small fragments," 1810, smiddereens, from Irish smidirin, diminutive of smiodar "fragment," perhaps with diminutive ending as in Colleen.
Example
- 1. She dropped the vase and smashed it to smithereens .
- 2. Do you have any idea what 's beyond smithereens ?
- 3. In the normandy campaign the americans and british sought to minimise their casualties by bombing places to smithereens before their soldiers went in .
- 4. The twentieth century reduced it all to smithereens .
- 5. I 'm warning you ...... try anything funny and you 'll be blown to smithereens .