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squash1
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- pronunciation:
- skwash
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| 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
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| definition 2: |
to suppress, reject, or defeat utterly.
She squashed his last faint hope.- similar words:
- crush, quash, stamp, trample
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| related words: |
compress, crush, destroy, hush, nip in the bud, press, quell, quench, repress, silence, stamp, suppress, tramp, trample |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to be pressed or crushed into a pulp or flat mass.
- similar words:
- crush
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| definition 2: |
to press or squeeze, as into a restricted space.
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| 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.
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| definition 2: |
a press or crush, as of people in a restricted space.
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| definition 3: |
a racket sport for two or four players, played in a four-walled court.
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