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Meaning of crush

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crush
      n 1: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn:
           {crushed leather}, {crush}]
      2: a dense crowd of people [syn: {crush}, {jam}, {press}]
      3: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: {puppy love}, {calf
         love}, {crush}, {infatuation}]
      4: the act of crushing [syn: {crush}, {crunch}, {compaction}]
      v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
           "The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
           {oppress}, {suppress}, {crush}]
      2: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
         "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: {squash},
         {crush}, {squelch}, {mash}, {squeeze}]
      3: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi
         beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the
         competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football
         game" [syn: {beat}, {beat out}, {crush}, {shell}, {trounce},
         {vanquish}]
      4: break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
      5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
         refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
         her" [syn: {crush}, {smash}, {demolish}]
      6: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: {jam}, {crush}]
      7: make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down
         racial discrimination" [syn: {break down}, {crush}]
      8: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The
         plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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