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crushing

verb
/ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of crush

  2. That crushes

    That crushes; overwhelming.

    • a crushing defeat
    • The TSSA union stated that he had been carrying out maintenance and died as a result of crushing injuries.

  3. Devastatingly disheartening.

    • crushing blow
    • crushing guilt
    • Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The action of the verb to crush.

    2. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.

    3. Crushed material.

      • oilseed crushings

    4. The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.

The neighborhood

Derived

crushingly, crushingness, noncrushing

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA