Verb

(es)

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.

to crush grapes

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed , broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

to crush quartz

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1

With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

''After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

To oppress or burden grievously.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

* Sir Walter Scott

speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

an eggshell crushes easily

To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

She's crushing on him.

(sports) to defeat emphatically

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Verb

Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1

"There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? Put it down , Jacob! Drop it this moment!

(idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.

They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.

* 1965 , (The Who), (My Generation)

People try to put us down / Just because we get around.

(of money as deposit) To pay.

We put down a $1,000 deposit.

To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.

The government quickly put down the insurrection.

* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down , The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.

(euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).

Rex was in so much pain, they had to put''' him '''down .

To write (something).

Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.

(of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up.

Don't put''' the phone '''down . I want a quick word with him,too.

To add a name to a list.

I've put''' myself '''down for the new Spanish conversation course.

To make prices, or taxes, lower.

BP are putting''' petrol and diesel '''down in what could be the start of a price war.

(idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

I had just put''' Mary '''down when you rang. So now she's crying again.

(idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.

The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.

(idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.

The taxi put''' him '''down outside the hotel.

(idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).

I was unable to put down ''The Stand'': it was that exciting.