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Definition of Crushing

1. Adjective. Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination. "Bone-crushing"

2. Noun. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. "The stifling of all dissent"

Definition of Crushing

1. a. That crushes; overwhelming.

Definition of Crushing

1. Verb. (present participle of crush) ¹

2. Adjective. That crushes; overwhelming. ¹

3. Adjective. disheartening ¹

4. Noun. The action of the verb ''to crush''. ¹

5. Noun. A former method of execution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crushing

1. crush [v] - See also: crush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crushing

crush rooms crush syndrome crushability crushable crushed crushed leather crushed rock crushed sugar crushed sugars crushee

crushees crusher crusher gauge crushers crushes crushing (current term) crushingly crushproof crusht crushworthy

crusian crusians crusie crusies crusily crusotomy crust crusta crusta inflammatoria crusta lactea

Literary usage of Crushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"There are two reasons why the work of crushing is not more generally understood. ... "The work done in crushing is proportional to the surface ..."

2. The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two by Hugh Miller (1857)
"crushing Teeth. (Trias.) teeth was introduced,—a form much rather suited for cutting soft bodies than for crushing hard ones. In fine, the offensive weapons ..."

3. The Mining Magazine (1853)
"A QUARTZ crushing MILL. The mill is composed of 12 stampers, or pestles, 2 mortars, a shaft having 36 cams, together with the (at present) most approved ..."

4. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Eng Rec 68:396 О 11 '13 See also Concrete; Concrete, Ornamental; Concrete blocks; Concrete products Stone crushing plants Ballast crushing plant of the El ..."

5. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"THE crushing-MACHINE. — A PLENTIFUL HARVEST. n~^HE removal of the skin from the animals killed in -*- hunting was always a troublesome undertaking, ..."

6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Lavas assigned to melting by crushing.—Mallet L and others have ... crushing, in the ordinary sense of the term, can only take place in the zone of fracture ..."

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