Tra từ slam - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slam [slam slams slammed slamming] verb, noun BrE [slæm] NAmE [slæm]
verb (-mm-)
1. intransitive, transitive to shut, or to make sth shut, with a lot of force, making a loud noise
Syn: ↑bang
•I heard the door slam behind him.
•+ adj. A window slammed shut in the wind.
•~ sth He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he left.
•~ sth + adj. She slammed the lid shut.
•+ adv./prep. She slammed out of the room (= went out and slammed the door behind her).
2. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to put, push or throw sth into a particular place or position with a lot of force
•She slammed down the phone angrily.
•He slammed on the brakes (= stopped the car very suddenly).
3. transitive ~ sb/sth (used especially in newspapers)to criticize sb/sth very strongly
•The government has been slammed for failing to take firm action against drinking and driving.
see shut/slam the door in sb's face at ↑door
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra.

Synonyms:
crash
slam • collide • smash • wreck
These are all words that can be used when sth, especially a vehicle, hits sth else very hard and is damaged or destroyed.
crash • (rather informal) to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this: ▪ I was terrified that the plane would crash.
slam (sth) into/against sb/sth • to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this: ▪ The car skidded and slammed into a tree.
collide • (rather formal) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into sb/sth else: ▪ The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.
smash • (rather informal) to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this; to crash a car: ▪ Ramraiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window.
crash, slam or smash?
Crash is used especially to talk about vehicles and can be used without a preposition: ▪ We're going to crash, aren't we? In this meaning slam and smash always take a preposition: We're going to slam/smash, aren't we? They are used for a much wider range of things than just vehicles. Crash can also be used for other things, if used with a preposition: ▪ He crashed down the telephone receiver.
wreck • to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing
two vehicles crash/collide
two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
to crash/smash/wreck a car

Example Bank:
•He repeatedly slammed the man's head against the wall.
•He said goodbye and slammed the phone down.
•He slammed home the penalty for goal number two.
•He slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting another car.
•He slammed the lid shut.
•Kath's heart slammed against her ribs.
•She ran out of the room and slammed the door as hard as she could.
•She slammed out of the room.
Derived: ↑slam into somebody ▪ ↑slam something into somebody

noun usually singular
an act of slamming sth; the noise of sth being slammed
•She gave the door a good hard slam.
•The front door closed with a slam.
see also ↑grand slam

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra.