I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , major ( esp. AmE )
▪ little , small
▪ silly , stupid
▪ childhood , schoolgirl , teenage
▪ secret
VERB + CRUSH
▪ have
▪ develop , get
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
She had a huge ~ on one of her teachers.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ slightly
▪ almost , nearly
▪ finely
▪
Crush the garlic finely before adding.
▪ underfoot
▪
insects that had been ~ed underfoot
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
She was ~ed against the wall.
▪ beneath , under
▪
He was ~ed beneath a bus.
▪ between
▪
She was ~ed between two cars.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed , get ~ed
▪ ~ sb to death
Crush is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ army , ↑ competition , ↑ dissent , ↑ dream , ↑ ego , ↑ garlic , ↑ grape , ↑ hope , ↑ insurrection , ↑ opposition , ↑ pelvis , ↑ rebellion , ↑ resistance , ↑ revolt , ↑ revolution , ↑ rib , ↑ rising , ↑ skull , ↑ strike , ↑ uprising