Put up
Put up verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Usage example: plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens
Smash
Smash verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: the invading troops smashed the resistance and went on to conquer the country
Both terms in one sentence
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The original version has him put this off until he's gone full-blown criminal, staring into it and wondering what he's become before remembering he ordered no mirrors to be put up in his headquarters, prompting him to smash it.
Source: Comic Book / Two-Face -
Two games by Shounen Jump were made that put up some of their high-end mascots up against each other in the same vein as Super Smash Bros.
Source: Intercontinuity Crossover
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