CRUSH

• (noun) the act of crushing

  synonyms : compaction , crunch

• (noun) temporary love of an adolescent

  synonyms : calf love , infatuation , puppy love

• (noun) a dense crowd of people

  synonyms : jam , press

• (noun) leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

  synonyms : crushed leather

• (verb) break into small pieces

  "The car crushed the toy"

• (verb) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

  "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : beat , beat out , shell , trounce , vanquish

• (verb) make ineffective

  "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

  synonyms : break down

• (verb) crush or bruise

  "jam a toe"

  synonyms : jam

• (verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

  "crush an aluminum can", "squeeze a lemon"

  synonyms : mash , squash , squeeze , squelch

  He mashed the soda can. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) humiliate or depress completely

  "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation", "The death of her son smashed her"

  synonyms : demolish , smash

• (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

  "The government oppresses political activists"

  synonyms : oppress , suppress

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