crush
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/kɹʌʃ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.“a crush at a reception”
- A violent crowding.
verb
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.“to crush grapes”
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding“to crush quartz”
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight.“After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections”
- To oppress or grievously burden.
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