To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
to crush grapes
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
to crush quartz
To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
an eggshell crushes easily
To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
She's crushing on him.
To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
The action of the verb to crush.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
(in the plural) crushed material
oilseed crushings
That crushes; overwhelming.
a crushing defeat
Devastatingly disheartening.
Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.