WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

Google
 

crushing

 
Adjective crushing has 1 sense
  1. crushing, devastating - physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
    Antonym: constructive (indirect, via destructive)
Noun crushing has 1 sense
  1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    --1 is a kind of prevention, bar
    --1 has particulars: crackdown
    Derived form: verb crush1
Verb crush has 8 senses
  1. oppress, suppress, crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
    Derived form: noun crushing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
    --2 is one way to press
    Derived forms: noun crush4, noun crusher1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - 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"
    --3 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to crush his opponent
  4. crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
    --4 is one way to
    break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
    Derived forms: noun crush4, noun crusher1
    Sample sentence:
    They crush the glass tubes
  5. crush, smash, demolish - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
    --5 is one way to humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will crush him
  6. jam, crush - crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
    --6 is one way to bruise, contuse
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. break down, crush - make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
    --7 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
    --8 is one way to
    break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
    Sample sentence:
    The glass tubes crush
crushed, crushed crushed leather crushed rock crusher crushes crushes apart from crushes apart from her crushing crushingly crusier crusifiction crusified crusifixtion crusify crusing crusising

Sponsored (shop thru our affiliate link to help maintain this site):

WordNet-Online
Home | Free dictionary software | Copyright notice | Contact us | Network & desktop search | Search My Network | LAN Find | Reminder software | Software downloads | WordNet dictionary | Automotive thesaurus