What is the meaning of crushing?

noun

• Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
  • usage: "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
  • synonyms: suppression, quelling, stifling

verb

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

adjective

• Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.
  • usage: "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
  • synonyms: devastating