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(v)
(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
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(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
(n)
A stroke; a blow.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
(intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
(informal, derogatory) A childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
puppy love
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
(US) To defeat by a narrow margin.
(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
(adj)
(originally US, now British and Ireland) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
A burst, split, or break.
(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
(heading, physical) To strike.
To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
(intransitive) To form cracks.
(transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
(ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
(literally) To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
To move swiftly.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
That compresses
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
To defeat decisively, to suppress.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
To overpower emotionally.
The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder.
A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
An object which impacts another.
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
American and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
The sound or action of something that crashes.
One who attends an event without an invitation.
(surfing) The act of falling off one's surfboard.
(obsolete) A violent shock or agitation.
A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.
An instance or the result of smashing; that which has been smashed into pieces.
A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision.
A collision.
A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.