crushing

[ UK /kɹˈʌʃɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹəʃɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
    a crushing blow
    a crushing rejection
    bone-crushing
NOUN
  1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
    the stifling of all dissent
    the quelling of the rebellion
    the suppression of heresy
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How To Use crushing In A Sentence

  • The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
  • Cart-horses furbished up for sale, with straw-bound tails and glistening skins; 'baaing' flocks of sheep; squeaking pigs; bullocks with their heads held ominously low, some going, some returning, from the auction yard; shouting drovers; lads rushing hither and thither; dogs barking; everything and everybody crushing, jostling, pushing through the narrow street. Hodge and His Masters
  • Their pastorals, both published in 1651, offered choices to Royalists in the aftermath of the crushing defeat at Worcester.
  • His defeat dealt a crushing blow to the party.
  • Timing is everything when it comes to telling that skateboarding babe you're majorly crushing on him.
  • These are all lonely, arguably damaged people, and once you get past the silliness it's all rather crushingly sad. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea | The Sopranos | Who Do You Think You Are? | 24 Hours in A&E | Forbidden Love
  • As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds.
  • Inside the flat, police found traces of ricin, castor oil beans and equipment for crushing the beans.
  • I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ... Archive 2010-02-01
  • There have been skyscraping highs and crushing, debilitating lows. The Sun
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