Crushes
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular of crush, meaning suppresses or oppresses by force, or compresses something into a smaller mass.
“The authoritarian regime crushes any form of political dissent with immediate and overwhelming force.”
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suppressesoppressessqueezescompressesoverwhelms
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Ends in -ES with SH digraph before it, contains U, seven letters with no repeats
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