squash
verb (used with object)
to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.
had squashed
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past perfectof squash.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Soviets had squashed an East German uprising in June 1953 and suppressed similar rebellions in Hungary in 1956 and Prague in 1968.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
“He was convinced that a lot of media had squashed the story and he was fed up,” she said.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2019
But he was immediately put on the back foot when it emerged that the BBC had squashed a Newsnight investigation into Savile last December, just weeks before three tribute programmes were due to be scheduled.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2012
I had to wait with the back of my head pressed against the roof until, in some unimaginable way, all baggage and passengers had squashed and squeezed through.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
And the little Old Woman had squashed the soft cushion of the Middle-Sized Bear.
From Favorite Fairy Tales by Logan Marshall
