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- (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.
- (verb): To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
- (verb): To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- (verb): To oppress or grievously burden.
- (verb): To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (verb): To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
- (verb): To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- (verb): To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- (noun): The action of the verb to crush.
- (noun): A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
- (noun): (in the plural) crushed material
- (adjective): That crushes; overwhelming.
- (adjective): Devastatingly disheartening.
- to crush grapes
- to crush quartz
- After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
- The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
- an eggshell crushes easily