crushing

crush  (krsh)

v. crushed, crush·ing, crush·es

v.tr.

1. To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure.

2. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.

3. To put down; subdue: crushed the rebellion.

4. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.

5. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.

6. To hug, especially with great force.

7. To press upon, shove, or crowd.

8. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.

9. Archaic To drink; quaff.

v.intr.

1. To be or become crushed.

2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing.

n.

1. The act of crushing; extreme pressure.

2. The state of being crushed.

3. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.

4. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush.

5. Informal

a. A usually temporary infatuation.

b. One who is the object of such an infatuation.

6. A decisive or critical moment or situation.

7. The process of stamping or crushing grapes for wine.

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[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]

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crusha·ble adj.

crusher n.

crushproof (-prf) adj.

Synonyms: crush, mash, pulp, smash, squash²
These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; pulped raspberries through a sieve; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd¹.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crushing - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" quelling, stifling, suppression prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" crackdown - severely repressive actions
Adj.	1.	crushing - physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" devastating destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

Translations

crushing [ˈkrʌʃɪŋ] ADJ [defeat, blow, reply] → aplastante; [grief, etc] → abrumador; [argument] → decisivo; [burden] → agobiador

crushing [ˈkrʌʃɪŋ] adj

[defeat] → écrasant(e); [disappointment] → terrible; [blow] → terrible; [victory] → écrasant(e)

[weight] → écrasant(e)

crushing

adj defeat → zerschmetternd; blow, look, reply → vernichtend; experience → niederschmetternd

crushing [ˈkrʌʃɪŋ] adj (defeat, blow) → schiacciante; (reply) → mordace

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crushing [ˈkrʌʃɪŋ] adj (defeat, blow) → schiacciante; (reply) → mordace