crush
verb
[ krʌʃ ]
• compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.
• "the front of his car was crushed in the collision"
Similar:
squash,
squeeze,
press,
compress,
pulp,
mash,
macerate,
mangle,
flatten,
trample on,
tread on,
squidge,
splat,
smush,
pulverize,
pound,
grind,
break up,
smash,
shatter,
crumble,
crunch,
splinter,
mill,
pestle,
triturate,
comminute,
bray,
levigate,
powderize,
kibble,
• violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion).
Similar:
suppress,
put down,
quell,
quash,
squash,
stamp out,
put an end to,
put a stop to,
overcome,
overpower,
defeat,
extinguish,
vanquish,
triumph over,
break,
bring someone to their knees,
repress,
subdue,
• make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed.
• "I was crushed—was I not good enough?"
Similar:
mortify,
humiliate,
abash,
chagrin,
deflate,
demoralize,
flatten,
squash,
devastate,
shatter,
put down,
shoot down in flames,
take down a peg or two,
cut down to size,
put someone in their place,
make someone eat humble pie,
settle someone's hash,
knock the stuffing out of,
make someone eat crow,
crush
noun
• a crowd of people pressed closely together.
• "a number of youngsters fainted in the crush"
Similar:
crowd,
throng,
horde,
swarm,
sea,
mass,
pack,
press,
multitude,
mob,
huddle,
jam,
congestion,
rout,
• a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable.
• "she did have a crush on Dr Russell"
• a drink made from the juice of pressed fruit.
• "lemon crush"
• a fenced passage with one narrow end, used for handling cattle or sheep.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin.
