CRUSH

(PRESS) [verb] [T] - to press (something) very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyedThe package had been badly crushed in the post.Crush three cloves of garlic and then add to the mixture.His arm was badly crushed in the car accident.Crush the almonds into a fine powder.If you crush paper or cloth, you press it so that it becomes full of irregular folds and is no longer flat.My dress got all crushed in my suitcase.If people are crushed against other people or things, they are pressed against them.Tragedy struck when several people were crushed to death in the crowd.