crushing

Meanings

Noun

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Verb

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• break into small pieces
• humiliate or depress completely
• crush or bruise
• make ineffective
• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

Adjective Satellite

• physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
  • "a crushing blow"
  • "a crushing rejection"
  • "bone-crushing"

Synonyms

beat, beat out, break down, crush, demolish, devastating, jam, mash, oppress, quelling, shell, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, stifling, suppress, suppression, trounce, vanquish