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1. Use force to compress, making out of normal shape or condition
   "crush an aluminium can";
   - squash, squelch, mash, squeeze, squidge [informal], squish [informal]
    
2. Dominate or subjugate by unjust use of one's authority and power
   "The government crushes political activists";
   - oppress, suppress
    
3. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   - beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
    
4. Break into small pieces
   "The car crushed the toy"
    
5. Humiliate or depress completely
   "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation";
   - smash
    
6. Hurt or bruise with a squashing force
   "crush a toe";
   - jam
    
7. Make ineffective
   "Martin Luther King tried to crush racial discrimination";
   - break down
    
8. Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
   "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

1. Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
   - crushed leather
    
2. A dense crowd of people
   - jam, press
    
3. [informal] Temporary love of an adolescent
   - puppy love, calf love, infatuation
    
4. The act of crushing
   - crunch, compaction

Derived forms: crushed, crushing, crushes

Type of: abase, alter, aroha [NZ], break, break up, bruise, chagrin, change, come apart, compressing, compression, contuse, crowd, defeat, fall apart, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, get the better of, humble, humiliate, leather, love, modify, mortify, overcome, press, separate, split up

Encyclopedia: Crush, Texas