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English to English noun
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leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |  | source: wordnet30
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a dense crowd of people | | source: wordnet30
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temporary love of an adolescent | | source: wordnet30
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the act of crushing | | source: wordnet30
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A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | | source: webster1913 verb
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | | Example: The government oppresses political activists
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to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | | Example: crush an aluminum can
squeeze a lemon
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come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | | Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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break into small pieces | | Example: The car crushed the toy
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humiliate or depress completely | | Example: She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
The death of her son smashed her
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crush or bruise | | Example: jam a toe
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make ineffective | | Example: Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
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become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | | Example: The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. | | source: webster1913
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To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. | | source: webster1913
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