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crush

noun as in crowd of animate beings

noun as in infatuation

Strongest match

Strong matches

verb as in humiliate

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Trout had already agreed to give Alberto — who attended the game with his wife and two children — three signed bats and two signed baseballs in exchange for the ball he crushed.

In January, it sent tanks into Jenin and the neighbouring city of Tulkarem to crush armed Palestinian groups, saying it would apply lessons learned in Gaza.

From BBC

You, Los Angeles, with your California dreams and anything-goes attitude, are the living embodiment of everything that needs to be crushed.

“The thoughts grew heavier by the second, and suddenly, everything felt ice cold and crushing. Now I knew there was absolutely no joy left in it for me.”

And there are many still living with psychological damage wrought by the stadium crush.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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