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to crush
01
to forcibly push something against a surface until it breaks or is damaged or disfigured
Transitive: to crush sth
02
to become damaged, broken, or deformed under pressure
Intransitive
03
to overpower or repress a group or opposition
Transitive: to crush opposition or resistance
04
to overwhelmingly defeat or outperform an opponent or rival
Transitive: to crush an opponent
05
to squeeze or grind something with force so that it breaks into fine particles or powder
Transitive: to crush a hard material
06
to deeply hurt or demoralize someone emotionally or mentally
Transitive: to crush sb
Crush
01
a strong, temporary feeling of love toward a person
02
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
03
the act of crushing
04
a dense crowd of people
crush
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crushed
adj
crushed
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crusher
n
crusher
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crushing
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crushing
adj
Example
She accidentally crushed the plastic bottle on the sidewalk.
She had to crush the garlic cloves with the back of a knife for the recipe.
He accidentally stepped on and crushed the delicate flower in the garden.
The heavy machinery was used to crush rocks into smaller fragments.
The painful rejection from her dream job crushed her spirits.
