{
    "term": "crush",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/sq/squeeze_squash_crush.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "crush",
            "heSheIt": "crushes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "crushed",
        "pastParticiple": "crushed",
        "ingForm": "crushing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to press something so hard that it is damaged or loses its shape; to press somebody so hard that they are injured",
            "sensetop": "crush something/somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The car was completely crushed under the truck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several people were **crushed to death** in the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His hand was badly crushed in the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was crushed beneath a bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was crushed between two cars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "insects that had been crushed underfoot"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slightly", "almost", "nearly"],
                "preposition": ["against", "beneath", "under"],
                "phrases": ["be crushed", "get crushed", "crush somebody to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to break something into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard",
            "sensetop": "crush something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Add two cloves of crushed garlic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to push or press somebody/something into a small space",
            "sensetop": "crush somebody/something + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was crushed against the wall."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slightly", "almost", "nearly"],
                "preposition": ["against", "beneath", "under"],
                "phrases": ["be crushed", "get crushed", "crush somebody to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make something full of folds or lines; to become full of folds or lines",
            "sensetop": "crush (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She crushed the scrap of paper in her hand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crisp paper crushed like eggshells in his fingers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you",
            "sensetop": "crush somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The army was sent in to crush the rebellion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attempts to crush serious popular unrest led to civil war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government succeeded in crushing the military rising."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "put down, quash"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to destroy somebody’s confidence or happiness",
            "sensetop": "crush somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He always has this fantastic energy. Nothing can crush him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their new self-confidence could not be crushed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something very well or be very successful",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She got up on stage and absolutely crushed it—the audience was going wild!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His latest film is crushing it at the box office."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "smash it"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/krʌʃ/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crush__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪz/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/krʌʃt/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/krʌʃ/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crush__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪz/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/krʌʃt/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cr/crush/crushing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin."
}