smithereens

1. (informal, plural, plural only)Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items.

   The urn shattered into smithereens the moment it hit the ground.

   When the waiter dropped the platter, one smithereen struck him above the knee, and the four remaining smithereens scattered across the floor.

   Splitter, Stücke, Stückchen

   черепкиčerepki, осколкиoskolki

1. The bomb blew Tom's car to smithereens.

   Бомба розірвала машину Тома на клапті. — deniko

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2. The bomb blew Tom's house to smithereens. Fortunately, he wasn't at home at the time.

   Бомба вщент рознесла будинок Тома. На щастя, його тоді не було вдома. — deniko

   ruБомба вдребезги разнесла дом Тома. К счастью, в тот момент его не было дома. — odexed

   deDie Bombe hat Toms Haus in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Zum Glück war er da nicht zu Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. We shredded our enemies to smithereens.

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4. The city has been blasted to smithereens.

   deDie Stadt wurde in Stücke gesprengt. — Vortarulo

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5. The cup broke into smithereens.

   ruЧашка разбилась вдребезги. — marafon

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• smithereenrare singular