crush

Noun

• the act of crushing

• temporary love of an adolescent

• a dense crowd of people

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Verb

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
  • The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
    

• make ineffective
  • Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
    

• crush or bruise
  • jam a toe
    

• humiliate or depress completely
  • She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
    
  • The death of her son smashed her
    

• break into small pieces
  • The car crushed the toy
    

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
    
  • We beat the competition
    
  • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
    

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
  • crush an aluminum can
    
  • squeeze a lemon
    

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • The government oppresses political activists
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crunch , compaction , puppy love , calf love , infatuation , jam , press , crushed leather , break down , smash , demolish , beat , beat out , shell , trounce , vanquish , squash , squelch , mash , squeeze , oppress , suppress