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CRUSHING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does crushing mean?

• CRUSHING (noun)
The noun CRUSHING has 1 sense:

1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Familiarity information: CRUSHING used as a noun is very rare.

• CRUSHING (adjective)
The adjective CRUSHING has 1 sense:

1. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

Familiarity information: CRUSHING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRUSHING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression

Context examples:

the suppression of heresy / the quelling of the rebellion / the stifling of all dissent

Hypernyms ("crushing" is a kind of...):

bar; prevention (the act of preventing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crushing"):

crackdown (severely repressive actions)

• CRUSHING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

Synonyms:

crushing; devastating

Context examples:

a crushing blow / a crushing rejection / bone-crushing

Similar:

destructive (causing destruction or much damage)

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