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crush

/kɹʌʃ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
  2. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
  3. A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
  4. A violent crowding.
  5. A crowd control barrier.
  6. A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
  7. 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.
  8. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
  9. To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
  10. To oppress or grievously burden.
  11. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
  12. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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