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Crush Crushed Crushing Means Verb Press Hard Shape

word crush
definition
verb
To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
Andrew crushed his empty can.
Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.
Peel and crush the garlic.
...crushed ice.
To crush a protest or movement, or a group of opponents, means to defeat it completely, usually by force.
The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
...in his bid to crush the rebels.
...the violent crushing of anti-government demonstrations.
If you are crushed by something, it upsets you a great deal .
Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.
If you are crushed against someone or something, you are pushed or pressed against them.
We were at the front, crushed against the stage.
noun
A crush is a crowd of people close together, in which it is difficult to move.
Franklin and his thirteen-year-old son somehow got separated in the crush.
Everywhere he went he was mobbed by a crush of fans.
If you have a crush on someone, you are in love with them but do not have a relationship with them.
She had a crush on you, you know.
I'd got over my schoolgirl crush.
inflections crushescrushingcrushedcrushing
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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