n. 25B6; verb
essential oils are released when the herbs are crushed : SQUASH, squeeze, press, compress; pulp, mash, macerate, mangle; flatten, trample on, tread on; informal squidge, splat; N. Amer. informal smush.
your dress will get crushed : CREASE, crumple, rumple, wrinkle, crinkle, scrunch up, ruck up; Brit. scrumple up.
crush the biscuits with a rolling pin : PULVERIZE, pound, grind, break up, smash, crumble; mill; technical triturate, comminute; archaic bray, levigate.
he crushed her in his arms : HUG, squeeze, hold tight, embrace, enfold.
the new regime crushed all popular uprisings : SUPPRESS, put down, quell, quash, stamp out, put an end to, overcome, overpower, defeat, triumph over, break, repress, subdue, extinguish.
Alan was crushed by her words : MORTIFY, humiliate, abash, chagrin, deflate, demoralize, flatten, squash; devastate, shatter, put someone in their place; informal shoot down in flames, cut down to size, knock the stuffing out of.
25B6; noun
the crush of people : CROWD, throng, horde, swarm, sea, mass, pack, press, mob; archaic rout.
(informal) a teenage crush : INFATUATION, obsession, love, passion; informal pash, puppy love, calf love.
lemon crush : SQUASH, fruit juice, cordial, drink.