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crush

noun as in crowd of animate beings

noun as in infatuation

Strongest match

Strong matches

verb as in humiliate

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The bubble was popped soon after though, when Australia waltzed to another crushing win.

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“It’s not only a security risk, it’s soul crushing. Customers don’t want to deal with that anymore, so they’re coming to us,” he said.

Discovery was “a sports cartel,” one that would crush its business.

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Her father’s desertion dealt a crushing blow to Barbara, who adored him.

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It is crushing enough for a town that tiny, where everyone knows everyone else, to lose a young man in a foreign war.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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