Crushing Synonyms and Antonyms

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To press so as to injure or break
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. squashing
  2. pulping
  3. mashing
  4. crumpling
To extract from by applying pressure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. squeezing
  2. pressing
  3. expressing
To act on with a steady pushing force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pressing
  2. crowding
To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overwhelming
  2. prostrating
  3. overpowering
  4. overcoming
  5. engulfing
To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suppressing
  2. squelching
  3. squashing
  4. quenching
  5. quelling
  6. quashing
  7. extinguishing
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. vanquishing
  2. trouncing
  3. shelling
  4. beating
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. suppression
  2. quelling
  3. stifling
Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. devastating

Words Related to Crushing

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Crushing Sentence Examples

  • Gentlemen, you are crushing me!...

  • She entered the forest, and the darkness was crushing, suffocating her.

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

  • So let us cease this talk of skull crushing and converse upon more pleasant subjects.

  • The crushing emotions from yesterday were more tolerable today.

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