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crush

v.

To break into small pieces
smash, pulverize, pound, grind; see break 2, grind 1.
To press so as to injure or break
press, mash, crumple, squash; see damage 1, mash, press 1.
To defeat utterly
overwhelm, beat down, force down, annihilate; see defeat 1, 2. See syn. study at beat.

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Another word for crush

verb

To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:
mash, mush, pulp, squash. See help
To break up into tiny particles:
bray, granulate, grind, mill, powder, pulverize, triturate. See help
To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
choke off, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See continue, win
To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
annihilate, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. (Informal) massacre, wallop. (Slang) clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win
To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:
break, destroy, overwhelm, ruin. See help
To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion:
engulf, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate. See affect
To act on with a steady pushing force:
crowd, press. See push
To extract from by applying pressure:
express, press, squeeze. See tighten

noun

An enormous number of persons gathered together:
crowd, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck¹, swarm, throng. See big, group
(Informal)
An extravagant, short-lived romantic attachment:
infatuation. See excite, sex