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squash1

 
 
pronunciation:
skwash
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: squashes, squashing, squashed
definition 1: to press, beat, or crush into a pulp or flat mass.
similar words:
crush, mash
definition 2: to suppress, reject, or defeat utterly.
She squashed his last faint hope.
similar words:
crush, quash, stamp, trample
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition 1: to be pressed or crushed into a pulp or flat mass.
similar words:
crush
definition 2: to press or squeeze, as into a restricted space.
definition 3: to make a liquid sound, as of something juicy being crushed.
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act or sound of squashing or being squashed.
definition 2: a press or crush, as of people in a restricted space.
definition 3: a racket sport for two or four players, played in a four-walled court.
 
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