Synonyms for crushing
crush·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingadjective

   forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

   Synonyms:
   stifling, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibition

   Antonyms:
   constructive

2. crushing, devastatingadjective

   physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

   "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

   Synonyms:
   devastating, withering, annihilative, annihilating

   Antonyms:
   constructive

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crushingadjective

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "crushing":

   grinding, crush, shredding, milling, crash, overwhelming, pulping, crushers

How to pronounce crushing?

How to say crushing in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use crushing in a sentence?

1. Kevin McCarthy:

   The rise in armed carjackings, murders, tent cities, and rampant drug use in our nation’s capital is a result of Democrats’ failed policies. This is all taking place under the leadership of a mayor that seems more interested in attending social events, appearing at Starbucks grand openings, masking kids in schools, and crushing small businesses with mandates.

2. Brian Lapointe:

   Oftentimes you have sea turtle nests on beaches that are being run over by tires of this heavy equipment crushing the eggs.

3. John Johnston:

   The energy sector is just so bad, it looks like the impact of lower energy prices ... the hit to production and investment seems to be quite significant, the manufacturing sector globally is still slowing and that's really crushing commodities. That's weighing on a whole range of stock markets.

4. Caitlain Jasper:

   It was soul-crushing for them.

5. Nicolas Heller , a documentarian:

   A lot of these people are dying prematurely, whether they had medical issues or not. Its crushing. There are no words.