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Meanings of crushing in English

Portuguese
supressão
Catalan
supressió
Spanish
represión

Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.

        supressão
        Portuguese
        esmagamento
        Spanish
        aplastamiento
        Catalan
        aixafament

        Execution technique.

              esmagamento

              Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.

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                    1
                    Political upheaval has often diverted attention away from crushing poverty and AIDS.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    The MPLA was also seen crushing the opposition at the provincial level.
                    Reuters
                    3
                    Major Campbell was stamping down something; and succeeded too in crushing it.
                    Two Years Ago, Volume II.
                    4
                    Repression has so far failed to instill crushing fear into the population.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    Canola meal, a byproduct of canola crushing, is used in livestock feed.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    Indeed Saturday's effort at Lansdowne Road followed a 32-point crushing by Clontarf.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    In short, he drew the brats out instead of crushing them in.
                    It Is Never Too Late to Mend
                    8
                    This time there was no crushing margin; no celebratory march to victory.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    Of heady successes and crushing disappointments; of discovery and freedom and self-realization.
                    Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
                    10
                    Poor Mush-co-desh; they suffered more than ever in this second crushing defeat.
                    History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan / A Gramm...
                    11
                    The Harvester gathered the Girl to him in one crushing bear hug.
                    The Harvester
                    12
                    And crushing the letter in my hand I rose and walked out.
                    Orrain: A Romance
                    13
                    France resolved to seize this opportunity of crushing the house of Austria.
                    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
                    14
                    That was merely one more benefit-andan important one-ofcrushing the Directeur.
                    Navigators of Dune
                    15
                    Terrible slaughter under Burnside at Fredericksburg; crushing defeat at Chancellorsville under Hooker.
                    The Life of Abraham Lincoln
                    16
                    Some supporters of another Brexit vote blamed themselves for the crushing defeat.
                    Reuters
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