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  1. transitive verb To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure.
  2. transitive verb To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
  3. transitive verb To put down; subdue: crushed the rebellion.
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tumult ·  commotion ·  throng ·  rush ·  roar ·  stir ·  nightmare ·  upheaval ·  hubbub ·  clamor ·  crash ·  din

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crush:   crushing ·  crushed ·  crushes
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  1. Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.

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  1. from Middle English cruschen, crousshen, from Old French cruisir, croissir = Provencal crucir, cruissir, croissir = Spanish crujir, Catalan croxir = Italian crosciare (Middle Latin cruscire), crush, break; cf. Swedish krossa, bruise, crack, crush, prob. of Romance origin. The Romance words are prob. from a Teutonic verb: Gothic (Moesogothic) kriustan, gnash with the teeth, grind the teeth, deriv. *kraustjan = Icelandic kreista, kreysta = Swedish krysta = Danish kryste, squeeze, press.
  2. from crush, v.
 

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