[ noun ] a collection of small fragments considered as a whole <noun.group> Berlin was bombed to smithereenshis hopes were dashed to smithereens I wanted to smash him to smithereens the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens
Smithereens \Smith`er*eens"\ (sm[i^][th]`[~e]r*[=e]nz"), n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] --W. Black.
It was sad even then knowing it was going to have to come down." A backhoe chomped down on the $560,000 podium, from which George Bush had accepted the GOP presidential nomination the night before, smashing it to smithereens in minutes.