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Crashing vs. Crushing — What's the Difference?

Crashing vs. Crushing — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Crashing and Crushing

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Crashing

Total; absolute
A crashing bore.

Crushing

To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure
The falling rock crushed the car.

Crashing

Present participle of crash

Crushing

To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.

Crashing

The sound or action of something that crashes.
The ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach
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Crushing

To put down with force; subdue
The regime crushed the rebellion.

Crashing

The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills.

Crushing

To overwhelm or oppress severely
Spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.

Crashing

(used of persons) informal intensifiers;
What a bally (or blinking) nuisance
A bloody fool
A crashing bore
You flaming idiot

Crushing

To defeat overwhelmingly
Our team was crushed in the playoffs.

Crushing

To crumple or rumple
Crushed the freshly ironed shirt.

Crushing

To hug, especially with great force.

Crushing

To hit or propel with great force
A swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.

Crushing

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

Crushing

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
Crush juice from a grape.

Crushing

To be or become crushed
Aluminum cans crush easily.

Crushing

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing
The fans crushed forward to get a glimpse of the movie star.

Crushing

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing
Matter superheated by the crush of gravity around black holes.

Crushing

A great crowd
A crush of spectators.

Crushing

A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink
Orange crush.

Crushing

A usually temporary infatuation
Had a crush on her friend's cousin.

Crushing

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

Crushing

Present participle of crush

Crushing

That crushes; overwhelming.
A crushing defeat

Crushing

Disheartening.
Crushing guilt
Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.

Crushing

The action of the verb to crush.

Crushing

A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.

Crushing

(in the plural) crushed material.
Oilseed crushings

Crushing

The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.

Crushing

That crushes; overwhelming.

Crushing

Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
The suppression of heresy
The quelling of the rebellion
The stifling of all dissent

Crushing

Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination;
A crushing blow
A crushing rejection
Bone-crushing

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