crush(noun) the act of crushing
(noun) temporary love of an adolescent
(noun) a dense crowd of people
(noun) leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
(verb) break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
(verb) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
(verb) 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"
(verb) make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
(verb) crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
(verb) humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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