1. (

• suppression ,
• crushing ,
• quelling ,
• stifling

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

1. (

• oppress ,
• suppress ,
• crush

) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" ;

2. (

• squash ,
• crush ,
• squelch ,
• mash ,
• squeeze ,

) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" ;

3. (

• beat ,
• beat_out ,
• crush ,
• shell ,
• trounce ,
• vanquish

) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" ;

4. (

• crush

) break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" ;

5. (

• crush ,
• smash

) humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" ;

6. (

• jam ,
• crush ,

) crush or bruise; "jam a toe" ;

7. (

• break_down ,
• crush ,

) make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" ;

8. (

• crush ,

) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" ;

1. (

• crushing ,
• devastating

) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" ;