Verb
1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists"2. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
"crush an aluminum can""squeeze a lemon"3. 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. break into small pieces;
"The car crushed the toy"5. humiliate or depress completely;
"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation""The death of her son smashed her"6. crush or bruise;
"jam a toe"7. make ineffective;
"Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"8. become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;
"The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"