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When you crush something, you break it into tiny pieces or crumple it. If you crush the cans in your recyclable bin, you'll make more room for more.

A train can crush a car that's stalled on the tracks, and a person can crush an insect between her fingers. A figurative meaning of crush is to subdue or stop, like when a military dictator's forces crush a rebel uprising. You can also use crush as a noun to mean "an overwhelming number," like a crush of bodies on a packed subway car, or to describe infatuation, like your crush on your attractive neighbor, who also can be called your crush.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: crush

1	v n	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition the act of crushing
2	v	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
3	v	make ineffective
4	n	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
5	n	temporary love of an adolescent

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: crush

v to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

“crush an aluminum can”

Synonyms:: mash, squash, squeeze, squelch

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; wring
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; stamp
crush or grind with a heavy instrument; steamroller
crush with a steamroller as if to level; tread
crush as if by treading on; telescope
crush together or collapse

Type of:: press
exert pressure or force to or upon

v crush or bruise

Synonyms:: jam

Type of:: bruise, contuse
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

v break into small pieces

“The car crushed the toy”

Types:: bruise
break up into small pieces for food preparation

Type of:: break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
break or cause to break into pieces

v become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

“The plastic bottle crushed against the wall”

Type of:: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up
become separated into pieces or fragments

n the act of crushing

Synonyms:: compaction, crunch

Types:: grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization
the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Type of:: compressing, compression
applying pressure

n a dense crowd of people

Synonyms:: jam, press

Types:: snarl-up, traffic jam
a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move; gridlock
a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

Type of:: crowd
a large number of things or people considered together

v come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

Synonyms:: oppress, suppress

Types:: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
put down by force or intimidation

v come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Synonyms:: beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish

: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
beat through cleverness and wit

Types:: show 40 types...; hide 40 types...; outpoint, outscore
score more points than one's opponents; walk over
beat easily; eliminate
remove from a contest or race; mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst
defeat thoroughly; whomp
beat overwhelmingly; get the best, have the best, overcome
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle
defeat disastrously; get the jump
be there first; cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft
defeat someone through trickery or deceit; exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
be or do something to a greater degree; get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount
get on top of; deal with successfully; best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump
get the better of; outfight
to fight better than; get the better of; overmaster, overpower, overwhelm
overcome by superior force; checkmate, mate
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; immobilise, immobilize
make defenseless; outplay
excel or defeat in a game; bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
beat through cleverness and wit; outgrow
grow faster than; outcry, outshout
shout louder than; outroar
roar louder than; outsail
sail faster or better than; outdraw
draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight; outsell
sell more than others; outsell
be sold more often than other, similar products; outpace
surpass in speed; better, break
surpass in excellence; outshine
attract more attention and praise than others; outrange
have a greater range than (another gun); outweigh
be heavier than; outbrave
be braver than; out-herod
surpass someone in cruelty or evil; outfox
outdo someone in trickery; shame
surpass or beat by a wide margin; bulldog
throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo; outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart
defeat by more skillful maneuvering; steamroll, steamroller
overwhelm by using great force; outmarch
march longer distances and for a longer time than; outwear
last longer than others

Type of:: defeat, get the better of, overcome
win a victory over

v humiliate or depress completely

“She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation”

Synonyms:: demolish, smash

Type of:: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

v make ineffective

Synonyms:: break down

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

n leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Synonyms:: crushed leather

Type of:: leather
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

n temporary love of an adolescent

Synonyms:: calf love, infatuation, puppy love

Type of:: love
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

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