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