Pulverize

The answer

SMASH

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMASH answer page.

Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• MASH (28 uses in xd)
• GRIND (16 uses in xd)
• CRUSH (8 uses in xd)
• POUND (4 uses in xd)
• ATOMIZE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SMASH

Every other clue in this collection answered by SMASH, most used first.

• Big hit - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Huge hit - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Huge success - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis stroke - used 22 times, most recently in 2013
• Runaway hit - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis shot - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Break into bits - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Break into pieces - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Break into smithereens - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Big success - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Crush - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Shatter - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Flop's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Blockbuster - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Broadway hit - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of hit - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Hard tennis shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of hit - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Box office hit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Broadway success - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit hard - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit show - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Overhead tennis shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shatter to bits - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pulverize - GRIND, used 16 times
• Pulverize - CRUSH, used 8 times

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