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According to WordNet, the verb "crush" has 8 sense(s).

200339085 break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy".

201800195 humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her".

200559390 become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall".

201101913 come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game".

201593937 to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon".

202424652 come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists".

201103836 make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination".

201492944 crush or bruise; "jam a toe".


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