| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass: crush, mash, mush, pulp. See HELP. 2. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN.
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