crushing

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of crush

Adj

1. That crushes; overwhelming.
2. Devastatingly disheartening.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to crush.
2. (countable, uncountable) A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Crushed material.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.

crush

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

grinding

smashing

destroying

pounding

breaking

pressing

crumbling

chopping

devastating

suppression

stifling

heavy

comminution

splitting

killing

bruising

trampling

trampling down

oppression

destruction

act of grinding

pulverization

quelling

overwhelming

rubbing

scathing

shredding

smothering

squashing

squeezing

throwing down

thunderous

tormenting

trituration

withering

pulverising

cracking to pieces

quassation

grinding down

splitting open

coarse crushing

break

grinding wheel dressing

breaking up

broken

bursting

catastrophic

cracking

crush

cutting

Translations

écrasant

aplastante

schiacciante

frantumazione

concassage

verpletterend

schiacciamento

Zerquetschen

zerdrückend

συντριπτικός

erdrückend

Brechen

écrasement

contricio

سحْق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.