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      crush
      noun
      A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
      Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
      A violent crowding.
      A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
      (slang) A group or gang.
      A crowd control barrier.
      A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
      (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
      (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
      A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
      (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
      (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
      (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
      (dated) A party or festive function.
      verb
      To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
      To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
      (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
      (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
      To oppress or grievously burden.
      To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
      (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
      (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
      (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
      (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
      Synonyms for crush
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      Words related to crush
      trouncevuncrushableadjsteamrollvcrushersntopplevcrumbledvcompactionnpulverizationnsteamrollersntriturableadjpummelvcrumblesvculchcrushinglyadvoverbearvsmittenadj

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