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• the car was completely crushed under the truck.
• they crush the olives with a heavy wooden press.
• several people were crushed to death in the accident.
• over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.

crush

1. to press or squeeze something so hard that it is damaged or injured, or loses its shape
• The car was completely crushed under the truck.
• They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press.
• Several people were crushed to death in the accident.
2. to push or press somebody/something into a small space
• Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.
3. to break something into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard
• Add two cloves of crushed garlic.
4. to become or make something full of folds or lines
5. to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you
• synonym put down
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/put-down_2
• The army was sent in to crush the rebellion.
6. to destroy somebody’s confidence or happiness
• She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism.

Extra Examples

• Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture.
• Crush the garlic finely before adding.
• He was crushed beneath a bus.
• His hand was badly crushed in the accident.
• She was crushed against the wall.
• She was crushed between two cars.
• insects that had been crushed underfoot
• Attempts to crush serious popular unrest led to civil war.
• He always has this fantastic energy. Nothing can crush him.
• Over twenty prisoners were crushed into the small dark cell.
• She felt completely crushed by the teacher’s criticism.
• The government succeeded in crushing the military rising.
• Their new self-confidence could not be crushed.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they crush
• he / she / it crushes
• past simple crushed
• past participle crushed
• -ing form crushing

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin.