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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crush/krʌʃ/
▶verb
  • 1 deform, pulverize, or push inwards by compressing forcefully.
  • 2 violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion).
  • 3 make (someone) feel great disappointment or embarrassment.
▶noun
  • 1 a crowd of people pressed closely together.
  • 2 informal an intense infatuation.

    ■ a person that one is infatuated with.

  • 3 a drink made from the juice of pressed fruit.
  • 4 (also crush pen) a fenced passage with one narrow end used for handling cattle or sheep.
– derivatives
crushable adjective,
crusher noun,
crushing adjective,
crushingly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. cruissir, ‘gnash teeth, crack’.



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