squash
verb (used with object)
to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.
has squashed
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present perfectof squash (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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However, according to people with knowledge of the situation, they weren’t among his top bidders in the end, showing the kind of big-money restraint that has squashed many of their past open-market pursuits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
These are the kind of nuanced discussions that art is meant to encourage — and that fast-twitch social media has squashed.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2020
Beijing's clamp-down on corruption and conspicuous spending since 2012 has squashed that market and prompted more Chinese to buy luxury goods abroad to save money and shop anonymously.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2015
But Tewari has squashed the talk and said that InMobi would eventually make a public offering of its shares.
From Forbes ● Jul. 15, 2015
Wal-Mart has squashed many more small competitors than Amazon ever will, with nary a peep from the antitrust police.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2014
