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crush

Nouns

• (n) leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated crushed leather,
• (n) a dense crowd of people jam, press,
• (n) temporary love of an adolescent calf love, puppy love, infatuation,
• (n) the act of crushing compaction, crunch,

Verbs

• (v) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • The government oppresses political activists
  oppress, suppress,
• (v) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
  • crush an aluminum can
  • squeeze a lemon
  mash, squash, squeeze, squelch,
• (v) 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
  beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, shell,
• (v) break into small pieces
  • The car crushed the toy
• (v) humiliate or depress completely
  • She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
  • The death of her son smashed her
  demolish, smash,
• (v) crush or bruise
  • jam a toe
  jam,
• (v) make ineffective
  • Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
  break down,
• (v) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
  • The plastic bottle crushed against the wall

Synonyms

oppress suppress crushed leather jam press mash squash squeeze squelch calf love puppy love infatuation beat beat out vanquish trounce shell compaction crunch demolish smash break down

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