smash-up

[smash-uhp] /ˈsmæʃˌʌp/
noun
1.
a complete smash, especially a wreck of one or more vehicles.
Origin
1855-60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase smash up
Examples from the web for smash-up
  • We're seeing this vast smash-up caught in the act, a galactic collision already in progress.
British Dictionary definitions for smash-up

smash-up

noun
1.
a bad collision, esp of cars
verb
2.
(transitive, adverb) to damage to the point of complete destruction: they smashed the place up
Word Origin and History for smash-up
n.

"collision," 1841, from verbal phrase; see smash (v.) + up (adv.).