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Crush

🔄 Synonyms of "Crush"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
trounceverb	(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
squelchverb	(intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
infatuationnoun	An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
pressnoun	An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
puppy lovenoun	(informal, derogatory) A childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
vanquishverb	(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
calf lovenoun	puppy love
squashnoun	(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
compactionnoun	The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
beat outverb	(US) To defeat by a narrow margin.
crushed leathernoun	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Crush"

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Word	Definition
trounceverb	(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
pressnoun	An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
squelchverb	(intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
compactionnoun	The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
vanquishverb	(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
puppy lovenoun	(informal, derogatory) A childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
infatuationnoun	An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
calf lovenoun	puppy love
squashnoun	(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
beat outverb	(US) To defeat by a narrow margin.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
crushed leathernoun	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
smashingnoun	(originally US, now British and Ireland) Wonderful, very good or impressive.