crushverb
uk/krʌʃ/us/krʌʃ/crush verb (PRESS)
C2 [ T ] to press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed:
[ T ] UK to press paper or cloth so that it becomes full of folds and is no longer flat:
[ T ] If people are crushed against other people or things, they are pressed against them:
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- Use the back of a wooden spoon to crush the garlic.
- Many people were crushed underfoot when the police tried to break up the demonstration.
- Sugar is obtained by crushing and processing sugar cane.
- He sat on top of Mum's hat and crushed it flat!
- Try not to crush your jacket on the journey - hang it up in the back of the car.
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Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- depress
- firm
- grind
- grind sth into sth
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
- squinch
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crush verb (SHOCK)
[ T usually passive ] to upset or shock someone badly:
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Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
- twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom
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crush verb (BEAT)
[ T ] to defeat someone completely:
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Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- overturn
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- victorious
- wipe
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informal to do something easily or extremely well:
crushnoun
uk/krʌʃ/us/krʌʃ/crush noun (LIKING)
C2 [ C ] informal a strong but temporary feeling of liking someone:
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Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- infatuation
- live for sth/sb
- lose
- romance
- romantic
- serious
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
- take a shine to sb idiom
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crush noun (PRESS)
C2 [ S ] a crowd of people forced to stand close together:
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- harem
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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