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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