prang vs smash

prang

noun
  • An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. 

  • A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand. 

  • Crack cocaine. 

verb
  • To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. 

  • To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). 

smash

noun
  • A traffic collision. 

  • Airspeed; dynamic pressure. 

  • Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc). 

  • The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. 

  • A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink. 

  • A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. 

verb
  • To ruin completely and suddenly. 

  • To break (something brittle) violently. 

  • To be destroyed by being smashed. 

  • To deform through continuous pressure. 

  • To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To hit extremely hard. 

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