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  • present participle of crush.

crushing



ADJECTIVE
devastating
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Missing your daughter’s youth while behind bars is a crushing weight, but knowing she’ll never see her father again is a far darker reality.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The Met said it was called after reports of crushing at the entrance.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

After tax, it would have returned 8% annually, crushing the endowment portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

And since Tuesday, Spain has been caught in another crushing heatwave, with temperatures in Guadalajara province forecast to rise as high as 39 Celsius on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, setting loose the Second World War twenty years after Germany’s crushing defeat in the First.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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