crush

v

1. squash, mash, press down, compress, cramp, constrict, tighten; squeeze, pinch, bruise, contuse; crumple, rumple, wrinkle.

2. pound, grind, smash, shiver, splinter, shatter, pulverize, granulate, powder, triturate, comminute, reduce to powder; crumble, fragment, break up; trample, stomp, crush under foot.

3. press, squeeze, force, force out, extract, express.

4. embrace, hug, enfold, clutch, grip, hold tight, Inf. squeeze the life out of.

5. destroy, demolish, raze, level, ruin, wreck, topple, flatten; erase, blot out.

6. oppress, persecute, browbeat, ride roughshod over; suppress, subdue, quell, quash, put down, squelch, scotch; vanquish, overcome, overpower, conquer.

7. shame, abash, degrade, abase, disgrace, mortify, humiliate, chagrin.