crush

1. Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated (synset 114786545)
   is a type of: leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
   same as: crushed leather
2. A dense crowd of people (synset 108200316)
   is a type of: crowd - a large number of things or people considered together
   subtypes: snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
   same as: jam, press
3. Temporary love of an adolescent (synset 107559739)
   is a type of: love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
   same as: calf love, infatuation, puppy love
4. The act of crushing (synset 100358915)
   is a type of: compressing, compression - applying pressure
   subtypes: grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization - the act of grinding to a powder or dust
   same as: compaction, crunch

1. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (synset 202429499)
   "The government oppresses political activists"
   subtypes: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate - put down by force or intimidation
   same as: oppress, suppress
2. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (synset 201596858)
   "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
   is a type of: press - exert pressure or force to or upon
   subtypes:

   • wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
   • stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument
   • steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level
   • tread - crush as if by treading on
   • telescope - crush together or collapse
   same as: mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
3. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict (synset 201104324)
   "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
   entail: win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
   is a type of: defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over
   subtypes:

   • outpoint, outscore - score more points than one's opponents
   • walk over - beat easily
   • eliminate - remove from a contest or race
   • mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst - defeat thoroughly
   • whomp - beat overwhelmingly
   • get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
   • rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle - defeat disastrously
   • get the jump - be there first
   • cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft - defeat someone through trickery or deceit
   • exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass - be or do something to a greater degree
   • get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount - get on top of; deal with successfully
   • best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of
   • outfight - to fight better than; get the better of
   • overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
   • checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
   • immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless
   • outplay - excel or defeat in a game
   • bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   same as: beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
   verb group: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach - beat through cleverness and wit
4. Break into small pieces (synset 200339895)
   "The car crushed the toy"
   is a type of: break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize - break or cause to break into pieces
   subtypes: bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation
5. Humiliate or depress completely (synset 201804206)
   "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
   is a type of: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
   same as: smash
6. Crush or bruise (synset 201495601)
   "jam a toe"
   is a type of: bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
   same as: jam
7. Make ineffective (synset 201106247)
   "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   same as: break down
8. Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure (synset 200560467)
   "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
   is a type of: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up - become separated into pieces or fragments

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