crushing

Speech parts

1. crushing - Noun

2. crushing - Adjective

3. crushing - Verb

5. crushing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Crush

That crushes; overwhelming.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

devastating severe overwhelming suppression grinding oppressive smashing overpowering stifling quelling shattering mashing squashing pulverizing comminuting
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Antonyms

renaissance construction engineering driving covering firing
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Hypernyms

prevention bar

Hyponyms

crackdown

Phrases with the word

bone-crushing work clove-crushing tool clove-crushing utensil machine crushing coffee beans crushing mind bone crushing

Anagrams

Schuring Grischun

Examples

Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors. George Bernard Shaw

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand. Simone Weil

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature. Sigmund Freud

When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment. Abby Sunderland

Allow me to say how manly and humanly great of you I think this is. Your courageous and firm intervention have met with nothing but recognition throughout the entire world. I congratulate you for all you have given anew to the German nation by crushing the intended second revolution. Franz von Papen

You might want to lie down. I find that helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in. Cassandra Clare

Close letter words and terms

crusher gage crusher gauge crusher machine crushing element crushing machine crushing majority