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2 Translation results for crushing in Spanish

adjective | verb

crushing adjective

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aplastante, demoledor; (figurado) devastador

crush verb

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crushed, has crushed, is crushing, crushes
aplastar, apachurrar; triturar, machacar; suprimir

Example sentences of
crush verb

  • Unfortunately some of the flowers got crushed when we were moving them.
  • The bicycle was crushed under the truck's tires.
  • The machine crushes the cans so that they can be stored until they are recycled.
  • Her arm was crushed in the accident.
  • Crush the nuts and sprinkle them on top of the cake.
  • The rocks were crushed into dust.

Detailed synonyms for crush verb

Crush, quell, extinguish, suppress, quash, put down significan poner fin a algo mediante su destrucción o su derrota.
  • Crush indica una fuerza que destruye toda oposición o que pone fin a una operación <a rebellion that was brutally crushed>.
  • Quell significa arrollar completamente y reducir a la sumisión, inactividad o pasividad <statements intended to quell the fears of the people>.
  • Extinguish connota el poner fin a algo de una forma tan abrupta y tan completa que es como si se estuviera apagando un fuego <a promising life extinguished by a bullet>.
    antonyms: inflame
  • Suppress indica una resolución deliberada de dominar <the government suppressed all opposition newspapers>.
  • Quash indica una extinción súbita e inmediata <the army had easily quashed the rebellion>.
  • Put down connota derrotar una insurrección por la fuerza <put down a riot>.

Reverse translation for crushing

aplastante  - crushing, overwhelming 
demoledor  - devastating 
devastador  (figurado)
aplastar  - to crush, to squash 
apachurrar  - to crush, to squash 
triturar  - to crush, to grind 
machacar  - to crush, to grind, to insist, to go on (about), to beat, to pound 
suprimir  - to suppress, to eliminate, to delete 
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