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Word entry · 7 letters

crusher

Best crossword clue

"Machine that smashes"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹʌʃə/Part of speech nounSorted cehrrsuStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Device or machine that breaks, presses, or smashes material.

Word origin

From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.
  • Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left.
  • “She is a crusher, ain’t she now!” Mr. Foker asked of his companion.

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