n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: PRESS 3, express
Related Words: ||scruze, squeeze
2 to reduce or be reduced to a pulpy or broken mass FF1C; crushed rose petals FF1E;
Synonyms: becrush, bruise, mash, ||mush (up), pulp, squash
Related Words: 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 FF1C; the police crushed the rebellion FF1E;
Synonyms: annihilate, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, suppress; compare SUPPRESS 2
Related Words: ||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