Smashed
/smæʃt/noun
Broken or crushed by force; also, very intoxicated in informal use.
Did you know?The modern slang sense of “smashed” for being drunk is much newer than the older physical sense, which comes from a long line of Germanic words meaning to break or strike apart.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*smeit-
“to strike, hit, or cut”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*smitaną
“to strike, hit, or smear”
Old English
OE
smaescan
“to crush or bruise”
Middle English
ME
smaschen
“to break or dash to pieces”
Modern English
English
smashed
“broken into pieces; informally, very drunk”