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Crushing

//ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That crushes; overwhelming.

    "a crushing defeat"

  2. 2
    Devastatingly disheartening.

    "crushing blow"

Adjective
  1. 1
    physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The action of the verb to crush. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority wordnet
  3. 3
    A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Crushed material. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "oilseed crushings"

  5. 5
    The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing. countable, uncountable

    "Mr. Holtze speaks with feeling upon this subject. His own experience had shown him the folly of planting sugar in dry soil, at a distance from water; the natural consequence was that, though the cane grew on the ironstone ridges of Palmerston, it would not throw up sufficient juice to make a good crushing."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of crush form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.

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