crush
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(noun) the act of crushing |
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Synonyms: compaction, crunch |
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Related Words: compressing, compression, grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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(verb) break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" |
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Related Words: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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(verb) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" |
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Related Words: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up |
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(noun) a dense crowd of people |
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Synonyms: jam, press |
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Related Words: crowd, snarl-up, traffic jam |
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(verb) make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" |
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Synonyms: break down |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) crus or bruise; "jam a toe" |
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Synonyms: jam |
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Related Words: bruise, contuse |
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(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" |
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Synonyms: mash, squash, squeeze, squelch |
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Related Words: press, steamroller, telescope, tread |
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(noun) leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |
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Synonyms: crushed leather |
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Related Words: leather |
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(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in tennsi championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
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Synonyms: beat, beat out, trounce, vanquish |
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Related Words: bat, best, cheat, checkmate, chicane, chouse, clobber, defeat, drub, exceed, get the jump, immobilize, jockey, lick, mop up, outdo, outfight, outflank, outgo, outmatch, outplay, outpoint, outscore, outstrip, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, pip, rack up, rout, scoop, screw, shaft, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, surmount, surpass, thrash, trump, whip, whomp, worst |
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(verb) come down on; "The government oppresses political activists" |
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Synonyms: oppress, suppress |
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Related Words: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate |
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(noun) temporary love of an adolescent |
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Synonyms: calf love, infatuation, puppy love |
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Related Words: love |
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