bone-crushing

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Its long, shallow skull indicates it lacked the bone-crushing bite strength of T. rex.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Based on fossilized poop and gnawed bones, researchers know adults used their bone-crushing teeth to eat large plant-eating dinos the size of an African elephant, such as Triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

Players quickly bonded with RJ, who stands 6-foot-3 and grins while giving monster hugs and bone-crushing handshakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Osmolyte concentrations increase at greater depths to ensure that fish cells don’t shrink too much at such bone-crushing pressures, but these compounds reach their maximum concentration at around 8,400 meters.

From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2023

He clasped Griff by the forearm, pulled him into a bone-crushing hug.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin