| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
Synonyms: |
bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch, disagree, fender-bend, fragment, hit, jolt, meet head-on, pile up, plow into, pulverize, scrap*, shatter, sideswipe, smash, splinter, strike, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
Synonyms: |
bang into, crack up, crunch, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pile up, shatter, shiver, sideswipe, smash, smash up, splinter, total*, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, ache, afflict, ail, be sore, be tender, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | impact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with force |
Synonyms: |
bang into, clash, collide, crack up, crash, crush, jolt, kick, register, smash, smash up, strike, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | shatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into small pieces |
Synonyms: |
blast, blight, burst, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, explode, fracture, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, impair, implode, overturn, pulverize, rend, rive, ruin, scrunch, shiver, smash, smash to smithereens, smatter, snap, splinter, splinterize, split, torpedo, total*, wrack up, wreck |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
Antonyms: |
build, create, repair |