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Meanings of crush in English

Portuguese
multidão
Catalan
gentada
Spanish
turba

A crowd of people pressed close together in a small space.

        multidão
        Portuguese
        paixonite
        Catalan
        encaterinament
        Spanish
        enamoramiento

        Temporary love of an adolescent.

              paixonite
              Portuguese
              esmagamento
              Catalan
              cruixit

              The act of crushing.

                    esmagamento
                    Portuguese
                    bater
                    Catalan
                    vèncer
                    Spanish
                    aplastar

                    To end in success a struggle or contest.

                        bater
                        Usage of crush in English
                        1
                        Sudan used government war planes and proxy militias to crush the rebellion.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Fascists want a strong state to crush opponents and to provide jobs.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        Naval battle of Meloria; the Genoese crush the power of the Pisans.
                        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
                        4
                        House price bubbles thrust economies forward and crush them when they burst.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        I sure hope he's not strong enough to crush my shoulder socket.
                        World After
                        6
                        Most observers, however, think his security apparatus will crush any dissent ruthlessly.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        I wanted to say to her: I know what a crush is.
                        Stiltsville: a novel
                        8
                        Pull down the cookery, and crush the young rooks in the ruins.
                        Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
                        9
                        On the mainland, national security laws are routinely used to crush dissent.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        The iron game goes on; the blue lines jostle and crush forward.
                        The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
                        11
                        We want to be bold and have a good time and crush.
                        Rock and Ice Magazine
                        12
                        The cab made its way slowly through the great crush of people.
                        For the love of mike
                        13
                        They must get at the truth; they must crush out the insurrection.
                        The Rebel of the School
                        14
                        There was a general combination of the courtiers to crush the favorite.
                        The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
                        15
                        Emily thought of Maya St. Germain, her crush last year, and smiled.
                        Twisted
                        16
                        All the churches in the United States can not even crush me.
                        Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest