FILM # 10

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of a crush.

1.	to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.

2.	to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.

3.	to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract: to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.

4.	to rumple; wrinkle; crease.

5.	to smooth or flatten by pressure: to crush leather.

6.	to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly: He crushed her in his arms.

7.	to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly: to crush a revolt.

8.	to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch.

9.	to oppress grievously.

10.	Archaic. to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

11.	to become crushed.

12.	to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.

–noun

13.	the act of crushing; state of being crushed.

14.	a great crowd: a crush of shoppers.

15.	Informal. a. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation. b. the object of such an infatuation: Who is your latest crush?