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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Sabalenka, who has crushed topspin forehands harder than the top men at this tournament, was on her way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2025
Aden implies that Long should be on his side; the machine — cultural, economic — has crushed them both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
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
And that thinking has crushed the interest rate horizon everywhere.
From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023
It has crushed the Constituent Assembly, which dictated laws to a weak king.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir
