Smashed the car against an outbuilding (7)

I believe the answer is:

crashed

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'smashed the car against an outbuilding' is the definition.
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'smashed the car against an outbuilding' is the wordplay.
'smashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'against' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an outbuilding' becomes 'shed' (outbuilding in a garden).
'car' anagrammed gives 'cra'.
'cra'+'shed'='CRASHED'

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(Another definition for crashed that I've seen is " Collided or fell violently".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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