crushed

crushed velvet; crushed denim.

he crushed the card into a ball.

Hundreds crushed into the hall.

The rebellion was crushed by government forces.

The firemen crushed out the fire.

insects that had been crushed underfoot

a labourer was crushed to death by a lorry.

black crushed velvet with a slight sheen.

The fall of masonry crushed the old man in the old house.

A large crowd crushed past the barrier.

We were crushed out of the auditorium.

spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.

crushed the freshly ironed shirt.

his defeat crushed a lot of left-wing supporters.

National culture was crushed under the invader's jackboot.

People who were not crushed ended up being stronger.

" His foot has been crushed, " said another.

Streets here crushed back to sand.

To make wine, the grapes need to be crushed.

The fledgling dissident movement was systematically crushed—by imprisonment, exile, coercive psychiatry or ferocious pressure on family members.

Although some are too crushed to use, others are missing altogether.

You just bought yourself another Saturday, mister. - Ah, I'm crushed.

In 2009 her enthusiasm was soon crushed by the onset of the euro crisis.

It is a very mushy food, soft and able to be crushed.

We brought the wheat to the mill to be crushed into flour.