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crushesnounpl. of crush a strong but often short-lived liking for another personfondly remembers the crush that she had on a boy one summer long ago infatuations, mashes, passions fixations, obsessionsaffections, devotions, lovescrazes, fads, rages, vogues a great number of persons or creatures massed togetherthe huge crush in the store must have far exceeded safety limits armies, bikes(chiefly Scottish), crams, crowds, droves, flocks, herds, hordes, hosts, legions, masses, mobs, multitudes, presses, routs, scrums, swarms, throngs masses, millions, rabblements, rabbles, riffraffsgagglesheaps, mountains, pilesjams, logjams crushesverbpresent tense third-person singular of crushto cause to become a pulpy massdark-colored grapes that will be crushed to make red wine mashes, pulps, squashes presses, squeezesbeats, pounds, powders, pulverizes to put a stop to (something) by the use of forcethe government is doing everything to crush the latest guerrilla uprising clamps down (on), cracks down (on), puts down, quashes, quells, represses, silences, slaps down, snuffs (out), squashes, squelches, subdues, suppresses douses(also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenchessmothers, stifles, strangles, throttlesannihilates, decimates, demolishes, desolates, destroys, devastates, nukes, rubs out, ruins, smashes, wastes, wrecksexterminates, obliterates, wipes outconquers, dominates, overcomes, overpowers, overwhelms, subdues, subjugates, vanquishes sits on abets, aids, assists, backs, helps, props up, supportsfoments, incites, instigates, provokes, stirs, whips (up)advances, cultivates, encourages, forwards, fosters, furthers, nourishes, nurtures, promotes to reduce to fine particlescrushed the baby's medicine tablet and mixed it with applesauce atomizes, beats, brays, comminutes, disintegrates, grinds, mills, mulls, pounds, powders, pulverizes grates, kibblescrumbles, crunchesbreaks, busts, dashes, fractures, fragmentsshatters, smashes, splintersmicronizes to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stressthe terrible news of her death simply crushed the entire family devastates, floors, grinds (down), oppresses, overcomes, overmasters, overpowers, overwhelms, prostrates, snows under, swamps, whelms deluges, drowns, sinksconfutes, defeats, refutesbreaks, demoralizes, distresses, disturbs, rocks, shatters, staggers, throws, unmans, unnerves, upsets to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents ofafter crushing the grapes, let the skins soak in the juice in order to extract some color to fit (people or things) into a tight spacethe desperate refugees were crushed into the back of the truck crams, crowds, jams, rams, sandwiches, shoehorns, squeezes, stuffs, wedges fills, heaps, jam-packs, loads, packs to put one's arms around and press tightlyshe tearfully crushed the child to her breast bear-hugs, clasps, embraces, enclasps, enfolds, grasps, hugs, strains clamps, clings, cradles, grabs, grips, holdsbosoms, embosoms, encircles, entwines, envelops, enwindsfolds, locks, twines, wrapscuddles, fondles, nestles, nuzzles, pats, pets, snuggles, strokes |