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Crushing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Crushing : adj : physically or spiritually devastating; often used in
combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
"bone-crushing" [syn: devastating]
(noun)
1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
"the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression,
quelling, stifling]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Crush \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (kr?sht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of.
cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin,
from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to
gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel.
kreysta.]
1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so
as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts,
or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is
bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii.
24.
The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and
crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii.
25.
2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to
comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down,
as by an incumbent weight.
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
--Dryden.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant.
4. To oppress or burden grievously.
Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway.
--Deut.
xxviii. 33.
5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Speedily overtaking andCrushing : the rebels. --Sir.
W. Scott.
To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.]
To crush out.
(a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from
grapes.
(b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Crushing : \Crush"ing\, a.
That crushes; overwhelming. ``The blow must be quick and
crushing.'' --Macualay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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