Associations to the word «Crushing»

Wiktionary

CRUSHING, verb. Present participle of crush
CRUSHING, adjective. That crushes; overwhelming.
CRUSHING, adjective. Devastatingly disheartening.
CRUSHING, noun. The action of the verb to crush.
CRUSHING, noun. A former method of execution.

Dictionary definition

CRUSHING, noun. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent".
CRUSHING, adjective. Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche