squashed

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of squash.
  squash

  verb (used with object)

  to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of squash.
  squash

  verb (used with object)

  to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.

Example Sentences

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squashed

The factory that AFP visited in Hunan province's Pingjiang turns out nearly 700 tonnes per day of the spongy, red-coloured strips, which look like squashed French fries covered in oil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Cubs, however, squashed thoughts of a potential comeback with a three-run rally in the sixth against Edgardo Henriquez and Tanner Scott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Instead, it is a vast bronze creature, full of men squashed in on top of each other.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

They’re scouting whose strategies should be amplified after generating a great return, and what wastefulness should be squashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Everything sufficiently distant—people, trees, buildings—is squashed into a zero-dimensional point and disappears.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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