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verb

Crush v. t. (past & past part. crushed; pres. part. crushing)

1.

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. "Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut." "The ass... thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall."

2.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

3.

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. "To crush the pillars which the pile sustain." "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again."

4.

To oppress or burden grievously. "Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway."

5.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally. "Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels."

6.

To subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

To crush a cup, to drink. (Obs.)

To crush out.

(a)

To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes.

(b)

To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

Crush v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

adjective

crushed adj.

1.

Treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; of fabrics; as, crushed velvet.

2.

Utterly defeated.

Synonyms: subdued.

3.

Brought low in condition or status by confusion, humiliation, or severe disappointment.

Synonyms: broken, humbled, humiliated, low.

4.

Broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone. "Paved with crushed bluestone"

Synonyms: ground.

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Etymology of 'Crushed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crushed" Quotes from Famous Books

... in Dublin we knew very little, the movement in the provinces had long since been crushed: indeed, it never appears to have had much ...

— Six days of the Irish Republic - A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics • Louis Redmond-Howard

... was going on between the members of this poor orphan family, Paul acting the meritorious part of a comforter, (I say acting, for his own noble soul was almost crushed with grief, which he thought it better to disguise than to have his little charge rendered quite stupid and almost dead from crying and sobbing;) while this was the way Paul entertained his little charge, in another part of the poorhouse, ...

— The Cross and the Shamrock • Hugh Quigley

... concealment invariably lead to doubt, and, doubt engendering curiosity, is very like to undergo, especially from one of the fair sex, a scrutiny of the most searching kind. Eve caused the fall of Adam—a daughter of Eve has discovered and crushed this heretofore hidden mystery. This peculiarly empty individual was discovered by the good lady—despite the disguise of a black patch upon his nose and an immeasurable outspread of Bandana superficially covering that (as he asserted) useless orifice, his mouth—sneaking into the ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, November 27, 1841 • Various

... peace with none to blame. And how she toiled! Harder than any slave, What courage! patient, hopeful, tender, brave. We had a little room at Lavilette, So small, so neat, so clean, I see it yet. Poor mother! sewing, sewing late at night, Her wasted face beside the candlelight, This Paris crushed her. How she used to sigh! And as I watched her from my bed I knew She saw red roofs against a primrose sky And glistening fields and apples dimmed with dew. Hard times we had. We counted every sou, We sewed ...

— Ballads of a Bohemian • Robert W. Service

... while rifle-muzzle almost touched an ear, the brothers quickly turned attention towards the fallen Indian, more than half believing him a corpse, crushed out of shape upon the underlying rocks ...

— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

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