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| 1. | [ verb ] (politics) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | |
| Synonyms: | suppress oppress | |
| Examples: | "The government oppresses political activists" |
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| Related terms: | repress suppression oppressor | |
| 2. | [ verb ] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | |
| Synonyms: | beat beat_out vanquish shell trounce | |
| Examples: | "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition" "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
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| Related terms: | overcome bat worst surpass overpower cheat outdo outfight outplay whomp walk_over outpoint spread-eagle eliminate immobilize checkmate get_the_jump outwit beating win | |
| 3. | [ verb ] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | |
| Synonyms: | squeeze squash mash squelch | |
| Examples: | "crush an aluminum can" "squeeze a lemon" |
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| Related terms: | press telescope tread wring stamp steamroller crusher squeeze mash | |
| 4. | [ verb ] break into small pieces | |
| Examples: | "The car crushed the toy" |
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| Related terms: | break_up bruise | |
| 5. | [ noun ] leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated | |
| Synonyms: | crushed_leather | |
| Related terms: | leather | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make ineffective | |
| Synonyms: | break_down | |
| Examples: | "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" |
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| Related terms: | change dislocation | |
| 7. | [ noun ] temporary love of an adolescent | |
| Synonyms: | calf_love infatuation puppy_love | |
| Related terms: | love infatuate | |
| 8. | [ verb ] crush or bruise | |
| Synonyms: | jam | |
| Examples: | "jam a toe" |
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| Related terms: | bruise | |
| 9. | [ verb ] become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | |
| Examples: | "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" |
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| Related terms: | break | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a dense crowd of people | |
| Synonyms: | press jam | |
| Related terms: | crowd traffic_jam press | |
| 11. | [ verb ] humiliate or depress completely | |
| Synonyms: | smash demolish | |
| Examples: | "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation" "The death of her son smashed her" |
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| Related terms: | humiliate demolition | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the act of crushing | |
| Synonyms: | compaction crunch | |
| Related terms: | compression grind squash compress | |
| Similar spelling: |
crus Crius crash crouch Cris Crawshaw Crase Cruse crass cross Crays Crose cress Criss Crews creche Crisco Crissy crosse Crouse Crisci Crusoe Cressey Creech Crooks Creagh Creach Croskey |
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