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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.
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