Crush

/kɹʌʃ/

Synonyms for "crush" (523 found)

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Closest matches (105)

Noun(16 words)

infatuation press admiration bagel bashing beat bloodbathcalf lovecheckmate compaction compress compression craunch cream creams crowd

abase abash abolish abrade adoration affection afflict aggrieve anguish annihilate answeranswer conclusivelyargue downarmy asphyxiate atomize back batter bearbear down

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beatbeat downbellyful belovedbeloved objectbend bestblot outbottle upboyfriend bray breakbreak downbreak into piecesbreak to piecesbreak upbrecciatebring downbring lowbring to tearsbring to termsbruise buck bumper buttercalf lovecapacity case cataplasm censor champ charge chewchoke offclampclamp down onclampingclamping downcluster cohue comminute complement compress compression confound confute conquer constrain contradict contriturate controvert contuse corkcork upcrack down oncram crash crease crinkle crowd

Verb(8 words)

ace annihilates beatbeat outbreak downbroke clobber clobbered

Adjective(1 words)

coarse ground

Strong matches (157)

Noun(31 words)

crowd pushcrunch crunchescrush seedscrushed leatherdishearten drubdutch poeder originflake powderfondness garroting grinding heartthrob infatuationsitalian polverizzarejam licking licks lover macerating

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mashes mashing massmilled piecemills mortar mortars msh muddle muddles muddling

crumb crumble crumple crunchcut to piecescut updampdamp downdarling dash deardear onedearly beloveddebase defeat degrade deluge demean demolish demoralize

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dental pulpdeny depress desolate destroy devastate diffuse diminish disgrace disintegrate dismiss dispersedispose ofdisruptdraw tearsdrove drown dumpdump onembarrass embitter ensphere express extinguish fell fill finish fission flatten flock flood floor flour fondness fragmentfull housefull measuregag galaxy gathering grain granulate granulize grate grieve grindgrind to powdergust gusto heap herdhold downhorde host humble humiliate infatuation inundate jamjam upjump onkeep downkeep underkillknock downlading legion levigatelight of lovelikes liking load lour loveloved onelower macerate maimmake mincemeat ofmangle mash mass master masticate mill mince mob mortify mouthful

Verb(16 words)

crunched destroyed dominating fragmentize garoted granulated hammered incinerates jam kill mash mashed massacred masticating milled mow

Adjective(1 words)

fine ground

Related words (261)

multiply multitude mush muzzle nip nonplus obliterate oppress overcome overmaster overpower override overthrow overturn overwhelm panoplypaper pulpparry pashpassing fancy

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passion paste pestle pinch pith plaster porridge poultice poundpour water onpowder press pressure prostratepsych outpudding pulppulp leadpulpify pulpwood pulverizepuppy lovepushput downput to silencequash quell quench rabblerag pulpravage rebut reducereduce to powderreduce to silencerefute relish repressride downroll uprout ruck ruin rumple sauce scatter scrunchset downsettle shake shame shard shatter shiver shredshut downshut down onshut upsilencesit down onsit onskinful smashsmash all oppositionsmash upsmother snootful sorrow spate splinter sponge squab squash squeeze squeezing squelch squish stanch stifle strangle stultify subdue subject subjugate subvert suffocatesulfate pulpsulfite pulpsuppresstake downtaste telescope thrash throng throttle tighten tightening torment trampletrample downtrample underfoottread underfoottrip uptriturate truelove tweak tyrannize unbrace undermine undo unman unnerve unstring upset vanquish wadwad upweakness well-belovedwhite leadwood pulpwreck wrinkle

Noun(70 words)

mushes mushing pancaking pestles pestling pound poundingpowder samplingpressing pulping pulps pulverizingpuppy lovepureeing pwning rocroi romper routs ruin shatter

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Verb(45 words)

oppress overpowered overwhelms pestled plowed pulped pulverise pulverized pulverizes pummel pwned pwns repressed shell shredded skunkedslay atsmash smashed smothers

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squash squashed squeeze squelch squelched squished squishes steamrolls stompedsubdue rebellionsuppress suppresses swattered thresh thumped tomahawked tramped trample trampled tramples trod tromps trounce trounced vanquish

Adjective(3 words)

powderedpulverized limestonesubdued smile

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

50 entries

abase act action affection alterapply pressureassembly breakbreak upbruise chagrin changecome apartcompressing compression contuse

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More specific

17 entries

crushing discouragement drubfirst lovehordeloss of confidencelow self esteemmash mob pound poundingpuppy lovesmash smashing squeeze throng

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Collocations

9 entries

crowd crushcrush injurycrush oncrush resistancecrush strengthcrush testcrushing forcecrushing powderromantic crush

Inflections

3 entries

crushed crushes crushing

Derivations

4 entries

crushability crushable crusher crushing

similar

6 entries

beat circumvent outfox outsmart outwit overreach

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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I wish people would stop saying things in ways that crush young dreams.

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Lucy's innocent crush turned into an obsession.

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Crush the can before you throw it away.

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He had a crush on his Chinese teacher; but what with all the hormones, he had a crush on just about everyone.

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