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crush
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Noun
  • the act of crushing
  • temporary love of an adolescent
  • a dense crowd of people
  • leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
Verb
  • become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
    • The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
  • make ineffective
    • Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
  • crush or bruise
    • jam a toe
  • humiliate or depress completely
    • She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
    • The death of her son smashed her
  • break into small pieces
    • The car crushed the toy
  • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
    • We beat the competition
    • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
  • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
    • crush an aluminum can
    • squeeze a lemon
  • come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    • The government oppresses political activists
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