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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingadjective

    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

    "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

  2. crushing, devastatingadjective

    physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

    "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

Wiktionary

  1. crushingnoun

    The action of the verb to crush.

  2. crushingnoun

    A former method of execution.

  3. crushingadjective

    That crushes; overwhelming.

  4. crushingadjective

    disheartening

    Oh, your dog has leukemia? That's crushing.

ChatGPT

  1. crushing

    Crushing refers to the process of reducing the size or volume of an object or material, typically through the application of strong, external force or pressure. This can be physically such as breaking down rocks or grains into smaller particles or metaphorically such as overwhelming feelings or circumstances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crushing

    of Crush

  2. Crushingadjective

    that crushes; overwhelming

Wikidata

  1. Crushing

    Death by crushing or pressing is a method of execution that has a history during which the techniques used varied greatly from place to place. This form of execution is no longer sanctioned by any governing body.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CRUSHING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CRUSHING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of CRUSHING in a Sentence

  1. Jerry Sanders:

    Being stuck in traffic is just the most stress-inducing, soul-crushing part of society today, we really want to make people's lives better and elevated, high-speed transportation is the answer.

  2. Tom Coughlin:

    It was a crushing blow to the family and as strong as they tried to appear it was most difficult because people would stop working, the expenses would continue to arise -- cancer is an expensive, expensive disease.

  3. Jan Crawford:

    My kids hear me rant about this everyday, so I may as well tell you guys. It's the crushing impact that our COVID policies have had on young kids and children, by far the least serious risk for serious illness.

  4. John Bolton:

    If they're not willing to do it, then I think President Trump has been very clear ... they're not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed on them and we'll look at ramping those sanctions up in fact.

  5. Vincent Zhou:

    I have taken all the precautions I can, I've isolated myself so much that the loneliness I've felt in the last month or two has been crushing at times, the enormity of the situation, the pain of it all is pretty insane... but I do recognize that this absolutely does not define me as an athlete, as a person.

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