I. verb
1.
Synonyms: press 3, express
Related Word: ||scruze, squeeze
2.
to reduce or be reduced to a pulpy or broken mass
crushed rose petals
Synonyms: becrush, bruise, mash, ||mush (up), pulp, squash
Related Word: press, squeeze; contuse; batter, maim; beat, pound; dash, quash, ||quat, smash; comminute, powder, pulverize, triturate
3.
Synonyms: pulverize 1, bray, buck, comminute, contriturate, powder, triturate
4.
Synonyms: press 1, bear, crowd, jam, push, ||squab, squash, squeeze, squish, squush
5.
to bring to an end by destroying or defeating
the police crushed the rebellion
Synonyms: annihilate, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, suppress; compare suppress 2
Related Word: ||quelch, repress, squelch, strangle; beat down, conquer, defeat, subdue, subjugate; ruin, wreck; abolish, demolish, destroy; blot out, obliterate
Idioms: crush ( or grind) under one's heel, ride down into the dust, roll ( or trample) in the dust
6.
Synonyms: conquer 1, bear down, beat down, defeat, overpower, reduce, subdue, subjugate, vanquish
Idioms: bring one to his knees
7.
Synonyms: press 7, cram, crowd, jam, squash, squeeze
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: crowd 1, drove, horde, multitude, press, push, squash, throng
2.
Synonyms: infatuation , béguin, ||pash, passion
Related Word: calf love, puppy love