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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crush"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to forcibly push something against a surface until it breaks or is damaged or disfigured
Transitive: to crush sth
to crush definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The heavy machinery was used to crush rocks into smaller fragments.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϕ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to become damaged, broken, or deformed under pressure
Intransitive
to crush definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cardboard box crushed under the weight of the heavy objects stacked on top.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overpower or repress a group or opposition
Transitive: to crush opposition or resistance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company crushed its workers' attempts to unionize by threatening layoffs and increasing surveillance.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āχāωāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻ–āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāϜāϰāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overwhelmingly defeat or outperform an opponent or rival
Transitive: to crush an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite being the underdog, the boxer crushed his opponent in the first round with a series of rapid punches.
āĻ…āύ⧁āϕ⧂āϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϘ⧁āώāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to deeply hurt or demoralize someone emotionally or mentally
Transitive: to crush sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hearing his childhood hero dismiss his work as unoriginal crushed him more than any other rejection he had faced.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to press or squeeze something with force, breaking or damaging its structure, often to extract liquid or reduce it to smaller pieces
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Be careful not to crush the grapes too hard, or the seeds will make the juice bitter.
āφāĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ, āύāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦā§€āϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰāϏāϕ⧇ āϤ⧇āϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have strong romantic feelings for someone, often secretly or from afar
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used to crush on his best friend back in high school.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a brief or intense romantic infatuation

crush definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His first crush left him nervous and shy.
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leather whose natural grain has been pressed or embossed to create a textured pattern

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He preferred jackets in crush leather for their distinctive texture.
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the action of pressing, squeezing, or compressing something with force

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The accident left the car with a total crush on one side.
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a tightly packed crowd of people

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to move through the crush of shoppers.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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