Word

crush, v.
(crushed, crushes, crushing)
freq. cnt. 12

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crush oppress suppress

sample sentences

"The government oppresses political activists"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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oppressive oppression oppressor

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suppressive suppression suppresser

semantic pointers

hyponym

repress, subdue, quash, subjugate, keep down, reduce

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish

sample sentences

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
"We beat the competition"
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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Somebody ----s something
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The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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Somebody ----s something
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The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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The fighter managed to %s his opponent

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

beatable beating

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vanquishable vanquisher

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semantic pointers

hyponym

outpoint, outscore walk over eliminate whip, worst, pip, mop up, rack up whomp get the best, have the best, overcome spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout get the jump cheat, jockey, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane exceed, surpass, outdo, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, surmount, outperform overcome, surmount, master, get over, subdue best, outdo, outflank, trump, scoop outfight overpower, overmaster, overwhelm checkmate, mate immobilize, immobilise outplay lick, cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash

entailment

hypernym

overcome, defeat, get the better of

verb group

outsmart, overreach, outwit, outfox, beat, circumvent

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crush mash squash squeeze squelch

sample sentences

"crush an aluminum can"
"squeeze a lemon"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

squeezer squeeze

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lexical pointers

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hyponym

wring stamp steamroller tread telescope

hypernym

break into small pieces
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

crush

sample sentences

"The car crushed the toy"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the glass tubes

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

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hypernym

break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

hyponym

become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
<verb.change>

crush

sample sentences

"The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
The glass tubes %s

semantic pointers

hypernym

break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

make ineffective
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

break down crush

sample sentences

"Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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hypernym

change, alter, modify

crush or bruise
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crush jam

sample sentences

"jam a toe"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his foot?

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Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

bruise, contuse

humiliate or depress completely
<verb.emotion>

crush smash

sample sentences

"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"
"The death of her son smashed her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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hypernym

humiliate, humble, mortify, chagrin, abase