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English to English noun
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leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a dense crowd of people | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
temporary love of an adolescent | source: wordnet30 source: wordnet30
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A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | source: webster1913 verb
| 6 |
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
• The government oppresses political activists
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to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
• crush an aluminum can
• squeeze a lemon
source: wordnet30
| 8 |
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
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break into small pieces |
• The car crushed the toy
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humiliate or depress completely |
• She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
• The death of her son smashed her
source: wordnet30 Example:
• jam a toe
source: wordnet30 Example:
• Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
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become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure |
• The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
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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. | source: webster1913
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To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. | source: webster1913
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