crush
Example Sentences
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Now, even if his security forces manage to crush the latest wave of protests, he is running out of room for political maneuver.
It must be crushing to have your music labelled as soulless "slop".
From BBC
"Otherwise, the Americans will crush us. We are not big enough, but together, we will be."
From Barron's
The protester we spoke to said security forces had crushed protests in his own town last Friday, but that they had continued elsewhere.
From BBC
One proposed approach involves crushing hydrogen cyanide crystals in the presence of substances like water to expose fresh crystal surfaces.
From Science Daily
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