crush
verb (used with object)
to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
has crushed
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present perfectof crush (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Planet Fitness stock slid 31% after the gym paused the rollout of price increases, and appliance maker Whirlpool tumbled 12% after it said the war has crushed its profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
In the last four years alone, Ohtani has crushed 178 home runs, driven in 420 runs, scored 419 and stolen 116 bases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
“Your untimely death has crushed me, and broken the hearts of believers and shocked an entire nation,” televangelist and former Vice-President Nevers Mumba posted on Facebook after Ngosa’s death was announced on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
Then the teenager is swept into El Otro Oz, where, according to one of its residents, her family’s picnic table has crushed the witch’s sister “flat as a Dorito.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
"Oh, I shall die!" groaned Capuzzi; "that son of the devil has crushed all my limbs; I can't move."
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
