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crush

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5 lettersPronunciation /kɹʌʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted chrsuStarts with CEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. break into small pieces

Word origin

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”).

Used in a sentence

  • a crush at a reception
  • Then there was another set who called themselves the "Ragged Thirteen"; and the account says "they looked it." And, like most diggers, this "crush," to quote my authority, could handle the cards a bit.
  • "Look," said Crabbe, warm orange crush in his hand.

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