to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
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Old French cruissir (Mod.French écraser), variant of croissir "to gnash (teeth),...
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to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc | to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles | to put down or subdue, ... (27 of 685 words, 15 definitions, 14 usage examples, pronunciation)
may refer to: Crush (American band), a band on Atlantic Records from 1991 to 1993 | Crush (British band), a band featuring Jayni Hoy and Donna Air from the television series Byker Grove | Crush (Canadian band), a band from Newfoundland, Canada | Crush ... (41 of 612 words, 63 definitions)
to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure ; to squeeze together into a mass | "hug", "embrace" | to reduce to particles by ... (27 of 253 words, 9 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciations)
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an act of crushing | the quantity of material crushed | a crowding together (as of people) ; "crowd", "mob" ; especially, a crowd of people pressing ... (25 of 142 words, 4 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception. | A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this ... (39 of 211 words, 15 definitions, 11 usage examples, pronunciation)
[transitive] : deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully | crease or crumple (cloth or paper). | violently subdue (opposition or a ... (21 of 198 words, 9 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)
To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure. | To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder. | ... (26 of 190 words, 19 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciations)
[transitive] to hit or press something so hard that you damage it severely ... | [transitive] to completely defeat someone who is opposing you, ... (23 of 179 words, 4 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
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[singular] a crowd of people all extremely close together in an area that is too small for them | [countable, informal] a feeling of love and ... (25 of 94 words, 2 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
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to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms. | to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc. | to force out ... (27 of 170 words, 15 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciation)
to press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple | to press, grind, ... (26 of 113 words, 10 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to press something very hard so that it's broken or its shape is destroyed | to press paper or cloth so that it becomes full of folds and is no longer ... (30 of 96 words, 3 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
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to upset or shock someone badly (6 of 24 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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to defeat someone completely (4 of 34 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a strong but temporary feeling of liking someone (8 of 27 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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a crowd of people forced to stand close together (9 of 51 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
either of two types of vehicle. One is a heavy four-wheeled carriage frame used for the training and exercising of horses, either singly or in teams ... (26 of 96 words)
to compress somebody or something, causing injury, damage, or distortion, or become compressed in this way | to crease a fabric or item of clothing, ... (24 of 268 words, 14 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: mid-14th century
Origin: Old French cruissir (Mod.French écraser), variant of croissir "to gnash (teeth), crash, break", perhaps from Frankish ... (18 of 80 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English cruschen, crousshen, Old French cruisir, croissir, from Late Latin *cruscio, from Frankish *krostjan. Akin to Gothic ________ (kruistan, "to gnash"), Old Swedish krusa, ... (25 of 42 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English crushen from Old French croisir, to gnash (teeth), crash, break from Frankish *krostjan, to gnash; akin to Old ... (20 of 24 etymology words)
First use: 14th century
Origin: from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch
Origin: Middle English: from Old French cruissir, "gnash (teeth) or crack", of unknown origin
Origin: Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.
First use: 15th century
Origin: Middle English crusshen, from Anglo-French croissir, croistre, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German krossen to crush
First use: 14th century
Origin: Anglo-Norman crussier, Old French croissir
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