English to English noun
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leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated | source: wordnet30
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a dense crowd of people | source: wordnet30
3 |
temporary love of an adolescent | source: wordnet30 source: wordnet30
5 |
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 | Example:
• The government oppresses political activists
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7 |
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | Example:
• crush an aluminum can • squeeze a lemon
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8 |
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Example:
• Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship • We beat the competition • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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9 |
break into small pieces | Example:
• The car crushed the toy
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10 |
humiliate or depress completely | Example:
• 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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13 |
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | Example:
• 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
15 |
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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