Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crushed
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ʌʃt]
Pronunciations of crushed
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crushed
    Meaning: treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"
  • Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
    Meaning: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
Usage examples
  • They had to, or be crushed!
  • I had never seen her crushed like this before.
  • These pieces were then crushed by power directly applied.
  • "'You have done that,' he cried, 'you have crushed the bulb?'
  • "Good God!" gasped Beverly, crushed by the brutality of it all.
  • One longed to throw off that yoke that crushed us, all decent people among us.
  • He wore a crushed, beaten look, as if all the life and fight had gone out of him.
  • At length the Good Mind turned upon his brother in anger, and crushed him into the earth.
  • We found a good deal of compressed fodder and boxes of maize, but no grain crushed as expected.
  • They had all been freshly scrubbed and polished, but they still smelled like crushed cockroaches.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Execution by elephant, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording A Sound of Thunder, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Atari video game burial, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording California Gold Rush, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0