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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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The tourists suffered a crushing defeat in the first Test, though on the opening day in Perth returned the highest collective average speed recorded by an England attack.

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Vapes contain lithium batteries which can catch fire if crushed or damaged in the waste stream.

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In St. Louis, strike committees, the so-called St. Louis Commune, briefly governed before troops crushed the uprising.

A simple demonstration of this effect involves placing crushed tea leaves on water.

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England have come under heavy scrutiny for the manner and response to their crushing defeat by Australia in the first Ashes Test.

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

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