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Definition of crushing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crushing

adjective
 
/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/
[usually before noun]
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  1. used to emphasize how bad or severe something is
    • a crushing defeat in the election
    • The shipyard has been dealt another crushing blow with the failure to win this contract.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCrushing is used with these nouns:
    • blow
    • burden
    • defeat
    See full entry
See crushing in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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