What is the meaning of crushed?

verb

  • Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
    • usage: "The government oppresses political activists"
  • To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
    • usage: "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Crush or bruise.
    • usage: "jam a toe"
  • Make ineffective.
    • usage: "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
  • Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.
    • usage: "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

adjective

  • Treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance.
    • usage: "crushed velvet"
  • Subdued or brought low in condition or status.
    • usage: "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
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APAWordNet. (2010). crushed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/crushed/definitions/1171721
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