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adjective
- 1. causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment: "the news came as a crushing blow"
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adjective. uk / ˈkrʌʃ.ɪŋ / us / ˈkrʌʃ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. severe: crushing blow The news came as a crushing blow. crushing defeat Their army had suffered a crushing defeat. Synonym. devastating. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable. abominably. abysmally. apocalyptic. frightful. from hell idiom. fun.
The meaning of CRUSH is to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure. How to use crush in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crush.
Something that's crushing is terribly upsetting or overwhelming. Your favorite team's crushing loss to its rival comes as a huge, disappointing surprise.
crush. (krŭsh) v. crushed, crush·ing, crush·es. v.tr. 1. a. To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure: The falling rock crushed the car. b. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
1. devastating; overwhelming. His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes. She took advantage of her opponent's momentary loss of concentration and achieved a crushing victory. a crushing defeat. 2. extremely heavy. a crushing burden of debt. noun.
CRUSH definition: 1. to press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed: 2. to press paper…. Learn more.
noun. the act of crushing; state of being crushed. a great crowd: a crush of shoppers. Informal. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation with someone. the object of such an infatuation: Who's your latest crush? verb phrase. Informal. to have an infatuation with; have a crush on: She’s been crushing on him for a year. crush. 1. / krʌʃ /
