squash
verb (used with object)
to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.
squashed
Example Sentences
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Hopes that data centres would provide jobs that are desperately needed in South Africa have also been squashed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
This prompted speculation that he might call an early election, which were quickly squashed by the new PM.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Chonkers’s great leap briefly squashed the side of the structure down to the level of the water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Desai said, as seeming moments of recovery in the past year or so were squashed by the L.A. wildfires, then last summer’s immigration crackdown and associated civil unrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
His hair is squashed to one side of his face; he has purple bags under his eyes.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
