squash

squash
v
1. crush, mash, pulp, macerate, masticate; press, squeeze, squeeze the life out of, Sl. squeeze the bejeesus out of; press flat, flatten, compress, condense, reduce, decrease; smash, pulverize, beat, pound, Dial. squish, Sl. squooze.
2. crowd, crowd in, compact, cram in or together, scrunch, cramp, constrict, jam, pack, jam or pack together.
3. suppress, put down, quash, hold down, keep down; prostrate, vanquish, overcome, overpower, conquer, overwhelm, mow down, sink, swamp; oppress, persecute, repress, Inf. put the lid on, smother, stifle, extinguish, strangle, choke off, gag, muzzle; subdue, quell, squelch, scotch, nip in the bud, Sl. pull the plug on, clamp down on, Sl. put the kibosh on, put a damper on; engulf, submerge, make mincemeat of, put through the mill or the wringer, erase, blot out, trample in the dust; put [s.o.] in his place, Inf. sit on, Sl. jump on, Inf. crack down on, Sl. slap down.
4.Informal. silence, strike dumb, cut [s.o.] short, refute, confound, nonplus, put down, bring down, take down, Inf. take down a peg or two; dumfound, disconcert, intimidate, upset, embarrass, humiliate, mortify; shatter, cut to the quick, flatten with a word, Inf. floor, Inf. step on, Inf. squash like a bug, Sl. dump on; take [s.o.'s] breath away, deflate, prick [s.o.'s] balloon, take the wind out of [s.o.'s] sails, put to shame, browbeat, ride roughshod over.

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