English > crush: 12 senses > verb 2, contactMeaning | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Example | "crush an aluminum can" |
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Synonyms | squash, squelch, mash, squeeze |
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Narrower | stamp | crush or grind with a heavy instrument |
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steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level |
telescope | crush together or collapse |
tread | crush as if by treading on |
wring | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid |
Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
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Spanish | aplastar, chafar, chapotear, estrujar, machacar, majar, moler |
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Catalan | aclaparar, aixafar, esclafar, esprémer, moldre, xafar |
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Nouns | crush | the act of crushing |
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crusher | a device that crushes / crushes something |
English > crush: 12 senses > verb 3, competitionMeaning | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The fighter managed to crush his opponent |
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Synonyms | beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish |
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Entails | win | Be the winner in a contest or competition |
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Narrower | cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
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checkmate, mate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game / game / game |
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick | Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
eliminate | Remove from a contest or race |
get the best, have the best, overcome | Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome |
get the jump | Be there first |
immobilize, immobilise | make defenseless |
outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop | get the better of |
outfight | To fight better than |
outplay | excel or defeat in a game / game / game |
outpoint, outscore | score more points than one's opponents |
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master | Get on top of |
overpower, overmaster, overwhelm | Overcome by superior force |
spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout | defeat disastrously |
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform | Be or do something to a greater degree |
walk over | Beat easily |
whomp | Beat overwhelmingly |
worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up | defeat thoroughly |
Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
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Similar to | outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent | Beat through cleverness and wit |
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Spanish | aplastar, bombardear, dar una paliza, derrotar, ganar, triunfar, vencer |
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Catalan | conquerir, derrotar, guanyar, vèncer |
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