2 Translation results for crushing in Spanish

adjective | verb

crushing adjective

aplastante, demoledor; (figurado) devastador

crushed, has crushed, is crushing, crushes

aplastar, apachurrar; triturar, machacar; suprimir

•Unfortunately some of the flowers got crushed when we were moving them.
•The bicycle was crushed under the truck's tires.
•The machine crushes the cans so that they can be stored until they are recycled.
•Her arm was crushed in the accident.
•Crush the nuts and sprinkle them on top of the cake.
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•The rocks were crushed into dust.
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quell, extinguish, suppress, quash, put down, grind, pulverize, squash

Crush, quell, extinguish, suppress, quash, put down significan poner fin a algo mediante su destrucción o su derrota.

Crush indica una fuerza que destruye toda oposición o que pone fin a una operación <a rebellion that was brutally crushed>.
Quell significa arrollar completamente y reducir a la sumisión, inactividad o pasividad <statements intended to quell the fears of the people>.
Extinguish connota el poner fin a algo de una forma tan abrupta y tan completa que es como si se estuviera apagando un fuego <a promising life extinguished by a bullet>.
antonyms: inflame
Suppress indica una resolución deliberada de dominar <the government suppressed all opposition newspapers>.
Quash indica una extinción súbita e inmediata <the army had easily quashed the rebellion>.
Put down connota derrotar una insurrección por la fuerza <put down a riot>.
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aplastante - crushing, overwhelming

demoledor - devastating

devastador (figurado)

aplastar - to crush, to squash

apachurrar - to crush, to squash

triturar - to crush, to grind

machacar - to crush, to grind, to insist, to go on (about), to beat, to pound

suprimir - to suppress, to eliminate, to delete

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