Crushing
nnoun.actforceful prevention; putting down by power or authoritySynset:quelling stifling suppression
Examples:- the suppression of heresy
- the quelling of the rebellion
- the stifling of all dissent
Derivationally Related Form:stiflesuppresscrushquell
Hypernyms:bar prevention
Inherited Hypernyms:suppressionpreventionhindranceacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:crackdown
vverb.socialcome down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authoritySynset:crush oppress suppress
Examples:- The government oppresses political activists
Derivationally Related Form:suppressersuppressionoppressorsuppressiveoppressiveoppressioncrushing
Inherited Hypernyms:oppress
Direct Hyponyms:keep downquashreducerepresssubduesubjugate
Full Troponyms:repress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactto compress with violence, out of natural shape or conditionSynset:crush mash squash squeeze squelch
Examples:- crush an aluminum can
- squeeze a lemon
Derivationally Related Form:squeezermashcrushsqueezecrusher
Hypernyms:press
Inherited Hypernyms:squashpresstouch
Direct Hyponyms:stampsteamrollertelescopetreadwring
Full Troponyms:stampsteamrollertelescopetreadwring
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.competitioncome out better in a competition, race, or conflictSynset:beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish
Examples:- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Derivationally Related Form:beatabletrouncingvanquisherbeatingvanquishable
Hypernyms:defeat get the better of overcome
Inherited Hypernyms:beatget the better of
Direct Hyponyms:batbestcheatcheckmatechicanechouseclobbercreamdrubeliminateexceedget overget the bestget the jumphave the bestimmobiliseimmobilizejockeylickmastermatemop upoutdooutfightoutflankoutgooutmatchoutperformoutplayoutpointoutscoreoutstripovercomeovermasteroverpoweroverwhelmpiprack uproutscoopscrewshaftspread-eaglespreadeaglesubduesurmountsurpassthrashtrumpwalk overwhipwhompworst
Entailment:win
Full Troponyms:betterbulldogcheatcheckmatecreameliminateget the bestget the jumpimmobilizeout-herodoutbraveoutdooutdrawoutfightoutfoxoutgeneraloutgrowoutmaneuveroutmarchoutpaceoutplayoutpointoutrangeoutroaroutsailoutselloutshineoutshoutoutwearoutweighoutwitovercomeoverpowershamespread-eaglesteamrollersurpassupstagewalk overwhompworst
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: beat, trounce, crush, beat out, vanquish)
vverb.changebreak into small piecesDerivationally Related Form:crushcrusher
Hypernyms:break up fragment fragmentise fragmentize
Inherited Hypernyms:crushbreak upbreakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:bruise
Full Troponyms:bruise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | They --- the glass tubes (apply to: crush)
vverb.emotionhumiliate or depress completelySynset:crush smash
Examples:- She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
- The death of her son smashed her
Hypernyms:abase chagrin humble humiliate mortify
Inherited Hypernyms:crushhumiliatehurtarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: crush)
vverb.contactcrush or bruiseSynset:crush jam
Hypernyms:bruise contuse
Inherited Hypernyms:jambruiseinjurehurtindisposechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his foot? (apply to: jam)
vverb.competitionmake ineffectiveSynset:break down crush
Examples:- Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
Derivationally Related Form:breakdown
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:break downchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome injured, broken, or distorted by pressureExamples:- The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
Hypernyms:break come apart fall apart separate split up
Inherited Hypernyms:crushbreakchange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | The glass tubes --- (apply to: crush)
adj satadj.allphysically or spiritually devastating; often used in combinationSynset:devastating
Examples:- a crushing blow
- a crushing rejection
- bone-crushing
Antonyms:constructive
Inherited Hypernyms:crushing
Similar to:destructive