Antonyms for crushingcrush·ing

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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"

   Antonyms:
   constructive

   Synonyms:
   stifling, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibition

2. crushing, devastatingadjective

   physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

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

   Antonyms:
   constructive

   Synonyms:
   devastating, withering, annihilative, annihilating

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1. crushingadjective

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming

How to use crushing in a sentence?

1. Antony Blinken:

   We've seen the consequences when international infrastructure deals are corrupt and coercive, when they're poorly built or environmentally destructive, when they import or abuse workers, or burden countries with crushing debts.

2. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner:

   These forced union dues are a critical cog in the corrupt bargaining that is crushing taxpayers.

3. Brian Lapointe:

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

4. Vincent Zhou:

   I have taken all the precautions I can, I've isolated myself so much that the loneliness I've felt in the last month or two has been crushing at times, the enormity of the situation, the pain of it all is pretty insane... but I do recognize that this absolutely does not define me as an athlete, as a person.

5. Tom Coughlin:

   It was a crushing blow to the family and as strong as they tried to appear it was most difficult because people would stop working, the expenses would continue to arise -- cancer is an expensive, expensive disease.

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