Why this word is great
TOFRUSH — [Verb] To break or dash something into pieces with violent, percussive force. From Middle English tofrusshen, tofruschen, from the intensive prefix to- (meaning 'apart, asunder') + frush (meaning 'to break, smash'). Unlike "shatter," which implies a brittle, crystalline dispersal, or "crush," which suggests a slow, compressive reduction, tofrush is the percussive, decisive act of dashing an object asunder. It is the sound of a clay jug meeting a flagstone floor, the splintering of a heavy oar against a ship's gunwale, and the ruin of a wooden shield under a mace's blow—a word that is the brutal and finished grammar of a perfect deed.