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crushing

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/

The English word “crushing” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. That crushes; overwhelming.
  2. Devastatingly disheartening.

noun

  1. The action of the verb to crush.
  2. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
  3. Crushed material.
  4. The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.

Etymology

By surface analysis, crush + -ing.

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