Crash
Crash verb - To cause to break with violence and much noise.
Smash into is a synonym for crash in bump into topic. In some cases you can use "Smash into" instead a verb "Crash".
Smash into
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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As his ship begins to break apart, the pilot manages to crash it clean through the bridge of the Executor, causing it to lose all control and smash into the Death Star.
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Headhunters: Roger survives having a truck smash into the car he's in, knocking it off a cliff, because the two overweight cops in the car with him act as living (at the start) crash cushions - Busted.
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Revenge ultimately scrapped this mechanic in favor of an approach that would put more emphasis on racer-to-racer combat: damage is dealt when vehicles smash into each other, and one crash puts any pilot — including you — out of the race.
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Smash into and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/smash_into
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