DICTOMETER

CRUSHING

1. Synonyms:
   • Suppression
   • Crushing
   • Quelling
   • Stifling
   Definitions:
   • forceful prevention
   • putting down by power or authority
   Examples:
   • The suppression of heresy
   • The quelling of the rebellion
   • The stifling of all dissent
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Oppress
   • Suppress
   • Crush
   Definitions:
   • come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
   Examples:
   • The government oppresses political activists
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Squash
   • Crush
   • Squelch
   • Mash
   • Squeeze
   Definitions:
   • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
   Examples:
   • Crush an aluminum can
   • Squeeze a lemon
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Beat
   • Beat out
   • Crush
   • Shell
   • Trounce
   • Vanquish
   Definitions:
   • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   Examples:
   • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
   • We beat the competition
   • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Crush
   Definitions:
   • break into small pieces
   Examples:
   • The car crushed the toy
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Crush
   • Smash
   • Demolish
   Definitions:
   • humiliate or depress completely
   Examples:
   • She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
   • The death of her son smashed her
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Jam
   • Crush
   Definitions:
   • crush or bruise
   Examples:
   • Jam a toe
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Break down
   • Crush
   Definitions:
   • make ineffective
   Examples:
   • Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Crush
   Definitions:
   • become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
   Examples:
   • The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Crushing
   • Devastating
   Definitions:
   • physically or spiritually devastating
   • often used in combination
   Examples:
   • A crushing blow
   • A crushing rejection
   • Bone-crushing
   Antonyms:
   • Constructive