Crush vs. Crash
Crushnoun
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Crushnoun
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
Crushnoun
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
Crushnoun
A violent crowding.
Crushnoun
A crowd control barrier.
Crushnoun
An infatuation or affection for someone you are not dating.
Crushnoun
The human object of such infatuation or affection.
Crushnoun
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
Crushnoun
(dated) A party or festive function.
Crushnoun
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.
Crushverb
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
Crushverb
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
Crushverb
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
Crushverb
To oppress or grievously burden.
Crushverb
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Crushverb
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
Crushverb
(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
Crushverb
To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
Crushverb
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
Crushverb
To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
Crushverb
To oppress or burden grievously.
Crushverb
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Crushverb
to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.
Crushverb
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
Crushnoun
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Crushnoun
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
Crushnoun
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
Crushnoun
a dense crowd of people
Crushnoun
temporary love of an adolescent
Crushnoun
the act of crushing
Crushverb
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
Crushverb
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
Crushverb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;
Crushverb
break into small pieces;
Crushverb
humiliate or depress completely;
Crushverb
crush or bruise;
Crushverb
make ineffective;
Crushverb
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;
Crashnoun
A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
Crashnoun
An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
Crashnoun
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
Crashnoun
A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Crashnoun
A comedown of a drug.
Crashnoun
A group of rhinoceroses.
Crashnoun
dysphoria
Crashnoun
(fibre) A type of rough linen.
Crashadjective
Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
Crashverb
(transitive) To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
Crashverb
(transitive) To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
Crashverb
(via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
Crashverb
To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
Crashverb
To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Crashverb
(slang) To give, as a favor.
Crashverb
(slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
Crashverb
To terminate extraordinarily.
Crashverb
To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
Crashverb
(intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
Crashverb
(transitive) To hit or strike with force
Crashverb
To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
Crashverb
To make a sudden loud noise.
Crashverb
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Crashverb
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
Crashverb
To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
Crashnoun
A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
Crashnoun
Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
Crashnoun
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
Crashnoun
a loud resonant repeating noise;
Crashnoun
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
Crashnoun
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Crashnoun
the act of colliding with something;
Crashnoun
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative;
Crashverb
fall or come down violently;
Crashverb
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise;
Crashverb
undergo damage or destruction on impact;
Crashverb
move violently as through a barrier;
Crashverb
break violently or noisily; smash;
Crashverb
occupy, usually uninvited;
Crashverb
enter uninvited; informal;
Crashverb
cause to crash;
Crashverb
hurl or thrust violently;
Crashverb
undergo a sudden and severe downturn;
Crashverb
stop operating;
Crashverb
sleep in a convenient place;
