Was Blown to Smithereens?

The phrase 'blown to smithereens' usually means blowing something into pieces and tearing things apart. The pieces would have been turned into tiny fragments that cannot be fixed. It often happens in wars during explosions that throw remains and pieces of things or human bodies far away.

How do you use Smithereen in a sentence?

(1) She dashed the glass into smithereens against the wall. (2) Our city was bombed to smithereens during the war. (3) The bomb blew the car to smithereens. (4) The explosion blew the bridge to smithereens.

Is smithereens a real word?

'Smithereens' is an Irish word. It derives from, or is possibly the source of, the modern Irish 'smidirín', which means 'small fragments'. There is a town near Baltimore, close to the south-west coast of Ireland, called Skibbereen. ... 'Smiodar' means fragments in Irish Gaelic.