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{
"term": "crush",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/sq/squeeze_squash_crush.png",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "crush",
"heSheIt": "crushes"
},
"pastSimple": "crushed",
"pastParticiple": "crushed",
"ingForm": "crushing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to press something so hard that it is damaged or loses its shape; to press somebody so hard that they are injured",
"sensetop": "crush something/somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car was completely crushed under the truck."
},
{
"text": "Several people were **crushed to death** in the accident."
},
{
"text": "His hand was badly crushed in the accident."
},
{
"text": "He was crushed beneath a bus."
},
{
"text": "She was crushed between two cars."
},
{
"text": "insects that had been crushed underfoot"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slightly", "almost", "nearly"],
"preposition": ["against", "beneath", "under"],
"phrases": ["be crushed", "get crushed", "crush somebody to death"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to break something into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard",
"sensetop": "crush something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Add two cloves of crushed garlic."
},
{
"text": "They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press."
},
{
"text": "Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to push or press somebody/something into a small space",
"sensetop": "crush somebody/something + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell."
},
{
"text": "She was crushed against the wall."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slightly", "almost", "nearly"],
"preposition": ["against", "beneath", "under"],
"phrases": ["be crushed", "get crushed", "crush somebody to death"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make something full of folds or lines; to become full of folds or lines",
"sensetop": "crush (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She crushed the scrap of paper in her hand."
},
{
"text": "The crisp paper crushed like eggshells in his fingers."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you",
"sensetop": "crush somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The army was sent in to crush the rebellion."
},
{
"text": "Attempts to crush serious popular unrest led to civil war."
},
{
"text": "The government succeeded in crushing the military rising."
}
],
"synonyms": "put down, quash"
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to destroy somebody’s confidence or happiness",
"sensetop": "crush somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism."
},
{
"text": "He always has this fantastic energy. Nothing can crush him."
},
{
"text": "Their new self-confidence could not be crushed."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do something very well or be very successful",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She got up on stage and absolutely crushed it—the audience was going wild!"
},
{
"text": "His latest film is crushing it at the box office."
}
],
"synonyms": "smash it"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/krʌʃ/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crush__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪz/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/krʌʃt/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/krʌʃ/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crush__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪz/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/krʌʃt/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "cr/crush/crushing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin."
}