crush's Usage Examples:

Several chiefs who disputed his authority were crushed by the aid of King George of Tonga, who (1855) had opportunely arrived on a visit; but he afterwards, taking some offence, demanded £12,000 for his services.

The dentition of the kangaroos, functionally considered, thus consists of sharp-edged incisors, most developed near the median line of the mouth, for the purpose of cropping herbage, and ridged or tuberculated molars for crushing.

When half way over the stream he staggered under what seemed to him a crushing weight, but he reached the other side and then upbraided the child for placing him in.

The hills and farmlands gradually turned to inner suburbia and then to the harshness of urban streets, choked tightly with the crush, smells and sounds of the city.

Molly woke me with a rib crushing hug as she pointed to a single star-like dot of light gloriously hanging above us!At 3:00 pm on the dot, Sam arrived at the door for her interview.

The juice of freshly crushed leaves and stems has a vesicant action (Behl et al.

The grandi were disappointed because he had not crushed the popolo, and the latter because he had destroyed their liberties and interfered with the organization of the arti.

She'd been trying to avoid the crushing sense of betrayal building in her breast.

It has considerable compressive or crushing strength, but is somewhat deficient in shearing strength, and distinctly weak in tensile or pulling strength.

The Yorkist cause was crushed for four years, till it was raised again by Margaret of Burgundy, with an imposture even more preposterous than that of Lambert Simnel.

The effect of this unheard-of achievement on the Danish government was crushing.

By the crushing action of their pincers, and an alternate backward and forward movement, they bring the soft blood-holding tissues of the victim close to the minute pin-hole aperture which is the scorpion's mouth.

The post of representative, and still more that of priest, was eagerly coveted and provided a scope for the ambitions which despotism usually crushes.

Synonyms:

quash, suppress, keep down, reduce, subdue, repress, subjugate, oppress,

Antonyms:

pull, unclasp, decompress, refrain, undercharge,