crush
/kɹʌʃ/ noun B1- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- A violent crowding.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure. · a crush at a reception
- A group or gang.
- A crowd control barrier.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- An infatuation with somebody one is not dating. · I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
Plural crushes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He will crush our young,” said the cobras inside.
He bit off the tops of the eggs as fast as he could, taking care to crush the young cobras, and turned over the litter from time to time to see whether he had missed any.
There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
Dantès pressed the gendarme’s hand as though he would crush it.
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