What is the meaning of crush?

noun

• Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated.
  • synonyms: crushed leather
• A dense crowd of people.
  • synonyms: jam, press
• Temporary love of an adolescent.
  • synonyms: puppy love, calf love, infatuation
• The act of crushing.
  • synonyms: crunch, compaction

verb

• Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
  • usage: "The government oppresses political activists"
  • synonyms: oppress, suppress
• To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
  • usage: "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
  • synonyms: squash, squelch, mash, squeeze
• Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
  • usage: "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • synonyms: beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Break into small pieces.
  • usage: "The car crushed the toy"
• Humiliate or depress completely.
  • usage: "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
  • synonyms: smash, demolish
• Crush or bruise.
  • usage: "jam a toe"
  • synonyms: jam
• Make ineffective.
  • usage: "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
  • synonyms: break down
• Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.
  • usage: "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"