Crushing
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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HUGE
Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

GRIP
The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

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LOVED
Held dear; "his loved companion of many years"

ICING
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

BROKE
Lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

QUASI
Having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract"

CLASP
The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

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SEALED
Covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway"

BROKEN
Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"

SHAMED
Suffering shame

JAMMED
Filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

PILING
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

RUINED
Doomed to extinction

STRUCK
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"

LOVING
Feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"

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COVERED
Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

HARMING

HITTING
The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

PUSHING
The act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"

RUINING
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

TOTALED
Used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled"

DESIRED
Greatly desired

MANGLED
Having edges that are jagged from injury

PUSHFUL
Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

RAVAGED
Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

FILLING
The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

JAMMING
Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

PRESSED
Compacted by ironing

GROUPED
Arranged into groups

HUMBLED
Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"

REMOVAL
Dismissal from office

DUSTING

DUMPING
Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

HUGGING
Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

INJURED
Harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

CHAGRIN
Strong feelings of embarrassment

REDUCED
Well below normal (especially in price)

WALKING
The act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

SQUEEZE
The act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

KILLING
The act of terminating a life

QUELLED
Subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

HURTFUL
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

HURTING
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

SHAMING

SUBDUED
Not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

FLAMING
Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

FOLDING
The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"

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SUBDUING

REDUCING
Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

GRINDING
Material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

QUELLING
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

STIFLING
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

HUMBLING
Causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"

PRESSURE
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

BATTERED
Damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"

BREAKING
The act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

REFUTING

FLOCKING

GROUPING
Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

BURDENED
Bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"

DESIRING

DESIROUS
Having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"

GRIEVING
Sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"

GRIEVOUS
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

CRAMMING

PRESSING
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

RAVAGING
Plundering with excessive damage and destruction

GATHERED
Brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt"

LOVEABLE
Having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child"

STRIKING
The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

FLAILING

POUNDING
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

INJURING

MANGLING

TOTALING

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TOTALLING

TRAMPLING
The sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"

THRUSTING
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

THRASHING
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

SARCASTIC
Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

BATTERING
The act of subjecting to strong attack

GATHERING
The act of gathering something

INJURIOUS
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

OPPRESSED
Burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"

TRENCHANT
Characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"

TROUNCING
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

CHAGRINED
Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

EMBRACING
The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

DEPRESSED
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

MORTIFIED
Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"

DESTROYED
Spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

UPSETTING
Causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

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SHAMEFACED
Showing a sense of shame

MORTIFYING
Causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"

CHAGRINING

CONDENSING
The act of increasing the density of something

PASSIONATE
Having or expressing strong emotions

COMPRESSED
Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

OVERCOMING