Crushing

Quick meaning: Crushing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of crush.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of crush.

More Meanings

1. That crushes; overwhelming.
2. Devastatingly disheartening.
3. The action of the verb to crush.
4. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
5. (in the plural) Crushed material.
6. The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.

Example Sentences

crushing blow

crushing guilt

a crushing defeat

oilseed crushings

Word Forms

• crushings

Synonyms for crushing

Depending on context, synonyms include gutting, devastating, suppression, quelling, destructive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quelling, destructive, suppression, devastating, overpowering, overwhelming.

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