crush

v., crushed, crush·ing, crush·es.

v.tr.

1. To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure.
2. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
3. To put down; subdue: crushed the rebellion.
4. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.
5. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.
6. To hug, especially with great force.
7. To press upon, shove, or crowd.
8. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.
9. Archaic. To drink; quaff.

v.intr.

1. To be or become crushed.
2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing.

n.

1. The act of crushing; extreme pressure.
2. The state of being crushed.
3. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.
4. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush.
5. Informal.
   1. A usually temporary infatuation.
   2. One who is the object of such an infatuation.
6. A decisive or critical moment or situation.
7. The process of stamping or crushing grapes for wine.

[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]

crushable crush'a·ble adj.
crusher crush'er n.
crushproof crush'proof' (-prūf') adj.

SYNONYMS   crush, mash, pulp, smash, squash. These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; pulped raspberries through a sieve; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See also synonyms at crowd¹.

To reduce a food to its finest form, such as crumbs, paste or powder. Crushing is often accomplished with a mortar and pestle, or with a rolling pin.

verb

1. To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass: mash, mush, pulp, squash. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To break up into tiny particles: bray, granulate, grind, mill, powder, pulverize, triturate. See help/harm/harmless.
3. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See continue/stop/pause, win/lose/recovery.
4. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.
5. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of: break, destroy, overwhelm, ruin. See help/harm/harmless.
6. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion: engulf, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate. See affect/ineffectiveness.
7. To act on with a steady pushing force: crowd, press. See push/pull.
8. To extract from by applying pressure: express, press, squeeze. See tighten/loosen.

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.
2. An extravagant, short-lived romantic attachment: infatuation. See excite/bore/interest, sex/asexual.

n

Definition: infatuation
Antonyms: dislike, hate, hatred

v

Definition: compress, smash
Antonyms: let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle

v

Definition: defeating soundly
Antonyms: lose, surrender, yield

v

Definition: humiliate
Antonyms: build up, compliment, encourage, inspirit, praise

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A term used in California and other parts of the United States referring to the time when grapes are harvested and crushed to make wine.

1. a restraining device for large animals. See also chute.
2. application of pressure so as to destroy the natural condition, shape or integrity of the parts.
3. see crushing.

IN BRIEF: To grind, squeeze or pound into bits. Also: to bring to an end by force.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. — Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - knuse, presse, krølle sammen, sønderknuse, slå af marken
v. intr. - mase sig, blive krøllet
n. - forelskelse, sværmeri, knusning, presset frugtdrik, trængsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermorzelen, neerslaan, fijnstampen, verpletteren, verkreukelen, dringen, gedrang, verliefdheid, object van verliefdheid, samengeperste toestand/ materiaal

Français (French)
v. tr. - écraser, étouffer (une protestation), anéantir (qn, des espoirs), concasser, broyer, écraser (qn, un véhicule), piler (de la glace), se faire écraser, chiffonner (un tissu), serrer (contre)
v. intr. - se ruer en foule, se serrer, s'entasser dans, se froisser (un tissu)
n. - bousculade, toquade, (GB) boisson

Deutsch (German)
v. - niederschlagen, vernichten, zerdrücken, zerquetschen
n. - Gedränge, Schwärmerei, Saftgetränk

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θρυμματίζω, συνθλίβω, συντρίβω, στραπατσάρω, κατατροπώνω, συντρίβω, καταπνίγω, καταστέλλω βίαια, συνωθώ/-ούμαι, συνωστίζω/-ομαι
n. - θρυμματισμός, συντριβή, συνωστισμός, στριμωξίδι, αμόρε, χυμός φρούτου, (καθομ.) ξελόγιασμα, ξεμυάλισμα

Italiano (Italian)
schiacciare, reprimere, stroncare, fracassare, macinare, tritare, sgualcire, ressa, cotta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - esmagar, subjugar
n. - esmagamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
сжать, раскрошить, раздавить, подавить, столпотворение, влюбленность

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reprimir, aniquilar, destruir, moler, triturar, estrujar, aplastar
v. intr. - reprimirse, estrujarse, aplastarse, aglomerarse
n. - aglomeración, multitud, enamoramiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - krossa, mala, pressa, skrynkla till, krossa (bildl.), tränga sig fram
n. - krossande, kläm, pressning, trängsel, folkmassa, svärmeri (vard.), fruktdryck

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
压碎, 压坏, 榨, 碾碎, 弄皱, 被压碎, 被压坏, 起皱, 被碾碎, 挤, 毁坏, 压榨, 压皱, 镇压

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 壓碎, 壓壞, 榨, 碾碎, 弄皺
v. intr. - 被壓碎, 被壓壞, 起皺, 被碾碎, 擠
n. - 壓碎, 毀壞, 壓榨, 壓皺, 鎮壓

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 눌러서 뭉개다, 밀어 넣다, 힘있게 포옹하다
v. intr. - 뭉그러지다, 쇄도하다
n. - 분쇄, 군중, 홀딱 반함

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 押しつぶす, 破砕する, 押し込む, 壊滅させる, くじく, 押し合って入る, つぶれる
n. - 押しつぶすこと, 粉砕, 果汁, べたぼれ, 夢中になる対象, 押し合い, 雑踏, 群集, 板囲いの通路

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) سحق, قهر, قمع, هزم (الاسم) عصير فواكه, ازدحام, حشد كبير, غرام صبياني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מעך, מחץ, דחס, דיכא, חיסל, קימט‬
v. intr. - ‮התקמט, נמחץ, דוכא, חוסל‬
n. - ‮דוחק, הצטופפות, מיץ, התאהבות (מדוברת), מעיכה, קימוט‬

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