n. 1 break, smash, crunch, pulverize, shiver, splinter, pound, grind The vandals crushed the statue to bits with hammers 2 crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, rumple, mangle The shirts came back crushed from the laundry 3 squash, pulp, mash, squeeze, compress, press The machine crushes the oranges and extracts the juice 4 overcome, defeat, conquer, vanquish, beat, thrash; subdue, put down, quash, quell, overwhelm, squelch, suppress, repress The title-holder crushed the challenger The junta crushed the uprising without bloodshed. 5 abash, embarrass, shame, mortify, depress, devastate, humiliate, disgrace She was really crushed when he refused to see her
n. 6 press, pressure, crowd When the fire alarm sounded, I was almost caught in the crush of the people trying to escape