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the act of crushing a dense crowd of people break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" crush or bruise; "jam a toe" to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" temporary love of an adolescent come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" come down on or keep down by unjust use of one''s authority; "The government oppresses political activists" |
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