Reverse Dictionary: CRUSH

ADJECTIVES
► BIRSED crushed by a blow, bruised → 1856 Eng. dial.
► CROOTSED UP wrinkled, crushed → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IN VOGA in a crushed state → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PAKARU crushed, broken, smashed → 20C NZ sl., World War I services’ usage

NOUNS
► HAMMER an agency that crushes or beats down, as with blows of a hammer → 1382
► JAM a crush; a crowd → 1812 colloq.
► PACK a crush, a squeeze; the state of being packed or crowded together → 1928 Sc.
► PUMMY anything crushed or pounded to a pulp → 1754 chiefly Eng. dial. & Newfoundland

VERBS
► ACCUMBER to crush, to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm → c1314 obs.
► BASH to crush, to smash, to hit, to beat, to strike → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BESNANG to crush, to batter, to beat in → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIRSE to crush, to bruise, to squeeze, force, to press → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CRAUNCH to crush under foot → 1854 Amer. dial.
► CRAZE to batter with blows, to bruise, to crush, to damage → 1430 obs.
► CREAM to hit, to beat thoroughly; to drub; to crush → 1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► CROOSE to crush → 1567 obs.
► CRUDGE to crush or jam; to crowd upon → 1868 Eng. dial.
► DEBRUISE to crush, to smash, to break down, to break in pieces → 1297 obs.
► DOWNTHRING to crush, to press down; to overthrow; to bring to ruin → c1430 Sc. obs.
► FORBREAK to crush, to break in pieces → c1000 obs.
► FRUSH to break, to snap; to break or become broken under pressure; to become crushed → 1489 obs.
► GRAUNCH to crush or destroy → 1881
► GROMISH to crush severely → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GRUSH to crush; to make a deep wound in; to gash → 1420 obs.
► HIT UP INTO MASH-MORTAR to crush utterly, to hit into small pieces → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAB to crush, to squeeze → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAMMOCK to crush, to beat, to trample into a soft mass → 1876 Eng. dial.
► JUGGERNAUT to crush to death as a victim → 1830
► KNUSH to crush → a1400 obs.
► MALLYGRUGGLE to crush, to spoil → 1919 Sc.
► MANCH to crush to a pulp, to bruise; to beat up → 1895 Eng. dial.
► MANG to crush, to break in pieces; to bruise; to overpower → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MASH to crush, to smash, to suffer crushing of some part of the body → 1832 Amer. dial.
► MODGE to crush, to bruise → 1847 Eng. dial.
► MOLLYCROY to crush to death; to extinguish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYCRUSH to crush; to beat to a jelly; to bruise; to pulverize → 1866 Eng. dial.
► MUSH to crush, to crumble, to pulverize; to mash or reduce to a pulp → 1781
► OPPRESS to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd → 1382 obs.
► OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation → 1953 Amer. dial.
► PANK to crush, to pack or tamp down; to flatten; often said of sand, snow, hair, etc.→ 1937 Amer. dial.
► PULVERIZATE to pulverize; to reduce to powder or dust; to grind, crush, break down → 1598 obs.
► QUAT to crush, to flatten down, to squeeze flat → c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUENCH to crush, to oppress; to destroy, to kill a person → c1200
► QUEST to crush → 1647 obs.
► RAM IN to crush, to burst in → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RUNKLE to crush, to wrinkle; to rumple; to crumple → a1425
► SCASH ► SCASS to crush or press roughly or carelessly → 1801 Sc. obs.
► SCON ► SKON to crush flat → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAM to crush, to squeeze → 1885 Eng. dial.
► SCRANCH ► SCRAUNCH ► SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SCRIM ► SKRIM to crush, to squeeze; to rub vigorously → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat → 1828 Amer. dial.
► SCROOCH to crush, to push → 1943 Amer. dial.
► SMUSH to crush, to mash → 1825 Amer. dial.
► SQUIZZEN to crush, to squeeze; to crumple → 19C Eng. dial.
► THRING to crush, to bruise; to press together, to squeeze, to compress → a1300 obs.
► THRONG to press violently; to squeeze, to crush → 1300 obs.
► THRUTCH to press, to squeeze, to crush; to crowd, to throng; also, to oppress → 888 obs.
► TO-BRUISE to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely → c1000 obs.
► TO-CRUSH to crush to pieces; to be crushed, to break to pieces under pressure → c1300 obs.
► TO-GNIDE to crush to fragments → a1300 obs.
► TO-QUASH to crush or squash to pieces → c1375 obs.