CRUSH
\kɹˈʌʃ], \kɹˈʌʃ], \k_ɹ_ˈʌ_ʃ]\
Definitions of CRUSH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
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break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
By Princeton University
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make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
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break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
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To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
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To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
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To oppress or burden grievously.
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To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
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To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
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A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
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Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
By Oddity Software
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To press between two opposite bodies; squeeze; break by pressure; as, to crush a mineral; bruise; as, to crush a limb; ruin; quell; conquer; as, to be crushed by despair.
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To be pressed out of shape or into smaller compass; as, the dresses have crushed.
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A violent compression or collision; a crowd; colloquially, a social gathering.
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Crusher.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Crusher.
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To press out of shape; break or be broken by pressure; conquer.
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A violent colliding; breaking by violent pressure.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To break or bruise: to squeeze together: to beat down or over whelm: to subdue: to ruin.
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A violent squeezing.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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