Crush

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1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

3. Verb

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

4. Verb

To oppress or burden grievously.

5. Verb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

6. Verb

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

7. Noun

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

8. Noun

Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

9. Noun

temporary love of an adolescent
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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