écrasé
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of écrasé
< French, past participle of écraser to crush, bruise, Middle French, equivalent to é- ex- 1 + -craser < Middle English crasen to brake, shatter; craze
Example Sentences
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When “something heavy” falls on Eddy Bellegueule’s father at the factory where he works, leaving his back “broyé, écrasé” — “mangled, crushed” — it may seem a kind of justice.
From New York Times
The French-Canadian newspaper headlines were just as mournful: “Une Leçon,” and “Le Canada Écrasé.”
From New York Times
Crazy, we have borrowed from the French ecrasé, crushed, broken: we still use the same meaning, and say that such a person is crack’d.
From Project Gutenberg
Also in limp lambskin, 3s. 6d. net; Velvet calf, 5s. net; Ecrasé persian. 5s. net.
From Project Gutenberg
Limp lambskin, 3s. 6d. net; Velvet calf, 5s. net; Ecrasé persian, 5s. net.
From Project Gutenberg
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