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to crush
01
écraser
to forcibly push something against a surface until it breaks or is damaged or disfigured
Transitive: to crush sth
Exemples
The heavy machinery was used to crush rocks into smaller fragments.
La machinerie lourde a été utilisée pour écraser les roches en fragments plus petits.
02
écraser, broyer
to become damaged, broken, or deformed under pressure
Intransitive
Exemples
The cardboard box crushed under the weight of the heavy objects stacked on top.
La boîte en carton s'est écrasée sous le poids des objets lourds empilés dessus.
03
écraser, réprimer
to overpower or repress a group or opposition
Transitive: to crush opposition or resistance
Exemples
The company crushed its workers' attempts to unionize by threatening layoffs and increasing surveillance.
L'entreprise a écrasé les tentatives de syndicalisation de ses travailleurs en menaçant de licenciements et en augmentant la surveillance.
04
écraser, pulvériser
to overwhelmingly defeat or outperform an opponent or rival
Transitive: to crush an opponent
Exemples
Despite being the underdog, the boxer crushed his opponent in the first round with a series of rapid punches.
Bien qu'il soit l'outsider, le boxeur a écrasé son adversaire dès le premier round avec une série de coups rapides.
05
écraser, briser
to deeply hurt or demoralize someone emotionally or mentally
Transitive: to crush sb
Exemples
Hearing his childhood hero dismiss his work as unoriginal crushed him more than any other rejection he had faced.
Entendre son héros d'enfance rejeter son travail comme peu original l'a écrasé plus que tout autre rejet qu'il avait connu.
06
écraser, broyer
to press or squeeze something with force, breaking or damaging its structure, often to extract liquid or reduce it to smaller pieces
Exemples
Be careful not to crush the grapes too hard, or the seeds will make the juice bitter.
Faites attention à ne pas écraser les raisins trop fort, sinon les pépins rendront le jus amer.
07
avoir le béguin pour, être amoureux/amoureuse de
to have strong romantic feelings for someone, often secretly or from afar
SlangExemples
He used to crush on his best friend back in high school.
Il avait le béguin pour son meilleur ami au lycée.
Crush
01
béguin
a brief or intense romantic infatuation
Exemples
His first crush left him nervous and shy.
02
leather whose natural grain has been pressed or embossed to create a textured pattern
Exemples
He preferred jackets in crush leather for their distinctive texture.
03
the action of pressing, squeezing, or compressing something with force
Exemples
The accident left the car with a total crush on one side.
04
a tightly packed crowd of people
Exemples
He struggled to move through the crush of shoppers.
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