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Crushed

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Adjective

1. crushed

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

Example Sentences:
'crushed velvet'

2. broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low

subdued or brought low in condition or status

Example Sentences:
'brought low'
'a broken man'
'his broken spirit'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crushed

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc
2. 
to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles
3. 
to put down or subdue, esp by force
to crush a rebellion
4. 
to extract (juice, water, etc) by pressing
to crush the juice from a lemon
5. 
to oppress harshly
6. 
to hug or clasp tightly
he crushed her to him
7. 
to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark
8. (intransitive)
to crowd; throng
9. (intransitive)
to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
10.  crush it
noun
11. 
a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
12. 
the act of crushing; pressure
13. 
a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit
orange crush
14. informal
a. 
an infatuation
she had a crush on him
b. 
the person with whom one is infatuated
noun
veterinary science
a construction designed to confine and limit the movement of an animal, esp a large or dangerous animal, for examination or to perform a procedure on it

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Crushed

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verb transitive
1. 
to press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple
2. 
to press, grind, or pound into small particles or into powder
3. 
to subdue or suppress by or as by force; overwhelm
4. 
to oppress harshly
5. 
to extract by pressing or squeezing
verb intransitive
6. 
to be or become crushed
7. 
to press forward; crowd (into, against, etc.)
noun
8. 
a crushing; severe pressure
9. 
a crowded mass, esp. of people
10.  US, Informal
an infatuation
I had a crush on her

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Crushed

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adj.
Treated so as to have a permanently crinkled or rumpled appearance. Used of a fabric: crushed velvet; crushed denim.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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