Meaning of crushing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That crushes; overwhelming.
2. Devastatingly disheartening.
3. To be infatuated with (someone).
4. squeezing or crowding together. There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays. gedruk إزدِحام شَديد тъпканица aperto nával, tlačenice das Gedränge tæt trængsel συνωστισμός, σπρωξίδι aglomeración, multitud tunglemine ازدحام tungos cohueדוחק भीड़ gužva tolongás kerumunan troðningur calca, ressa 雑踏 쇄도 spūstis spiešanās; drūzma berhimpit gedrangtrengseltłok, ścisk ازدحام ، بیروبار aperto înghesuială давка nával gneča gužva trängsel สภาพที่คนเบียดเสียด kalabalık, izdiham 擁擠的人群 давка, тисн...
5. overwhelming. a crushing defeat. verpletterende ساحِق، ماحِق съкрушителен esmagador drtivý überwältigend knusende συντριπτικόςaplastante hävitav در هم شکننده musertava écrasantמוחץ जबरदस्त हार težak megsemmisítő besar sekali yfirþyrmandi schiacciante 壊滅的な 압도적인 triuškinantis, stulbinantis iznīcinošs; graujošs kalah teruk verpletterendknusende, drepende, knugende druzgocący ماتیدونکی esmagador zdrobitor сокрушительный drvivý moreč strašan förkrossande ความหลงใหลอย่างมาก ezici, kahredici 壓倒性的 ру...
6. To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure: The falling rock crushed the car.
7. To put down with force; subdue: The regime crushed the rebellion.
8. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.
9. To hug, especially with great force.
10. To hit or propel with great force: a swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.
11. To press upon, shove, or crowd.
12. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.

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Examples

“a crushing defeat”

“The fruits of these kickstarted endeavors began to show in 1915, first in the deployment of a new range of depth charges. These were, mercifully, smaller than Jellicoe's "crushing hand of God" prototype, and, whilst practically just as lethal to submarines, they were significantly less risky to the launching ship, and could also be carried in larger numbers.”

“The TSSA union stated that he had been carrying out maintenance and died as a result of crushing injuries.”

“crushing blow”

“crushing guilt”

“Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.”

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