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View definitions for crushing

crushing

adjective as in devastating

Strong match

Weak matches

adjective as in dispiriting

adjective as in grinding

adjective as in jarring

adjective as in overwhelming

adjective as in weighty

noun as in pressure

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Example Sentences

Instead, they believe great power is about crushing others without apology.

From Salon

Following the crash, he sustained multiple crushing injuries to his leg and was trapped in the lorry for an hour and a half while emergency services worked to free him.

From BBC

With Miocic backed up against the cage, Jones unleashed a crushing spinning back kick to the body which dropped the challenger, before the referee stepped in to end the contest.

From BBC

After two drives, Maiava was a meager two for seven with a crushing pick-six — concerning enough to hush a Coliseum crowd that hoped he might be the answer to what ailed USC’s offense.

Crusius’ manifesto was striking because he considered the crushing squeeze of environmental degradation — the very changes that would be amplified by climate change — on communities, but from the opposite perspective.

From Salon

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

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