The meaning of CRUSH is to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure.

(Definition of crushing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Your favorite team's crushing loss to its rival comes as a huge, disappointing surprise. The adjective crushing can be used to describe physical devastation, like a boxer's crushing blow to his opponent's face, but it more often describes a humiliating or dismaying situation.

To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder. 2. a. To put down with force; subdue: The regime crushed the rebellion. b. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure. c. To defeat overwhelmingly: Our team was crushed in the playoffs. 3.

CRUSHING definition: devastating ; overwhelming | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

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be crushed to death Tragedy struck when several people were crushed to death in the crowd. Use the back of a wooden spoon to crush the garlic. Many people were crushed underfoot when …

Crushing definition: Overwhelming or decisive.

2025年1月2日 · crushing (countable and uncountable, plural crushings) The action of the verb to crush. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. (in the plural) Crushed material.

CRUSHING definition: devastating ; overwhelming | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English