Definition of crush

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Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..

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Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Craunch :: Craunch (v. t. & i.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
Quail :: Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal..
Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..
Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..
Crusher :: Crusher (n.) One who, or that which, crushes..
Fool :: Fool (n.) A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool..
Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
Cranioclasm :: Cranioclasm (n.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery..
Squabbish :: Squabash (v. t.) To crush; to quash; to squash.
Pomace :: Pomace (n.) The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding..
Torta :: Torta (n.) a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process..
Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..
Squeteague :: Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply..
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