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be smashed to smithereens
To be broken apart or otherwise destroyed into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidir;n" or "smidir;n;," meaning "fragment."
I wish I could still go visit our old family home, but it's already been smashed to smithereens by the demolition crew.
The village was smashed to smithereens by the typhoon's gale-force winds.
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