crush
verb (used with object)
to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
crushably
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a word derived from
crush.
Example Sentences
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Bobbi’s feelings of being odd woman out in the land the smugly married is externalized in rooms that keep changing shape and size — making her look grotesquely large, crushably small and even invisible.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
