Synonyms for crushing
crush·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"

   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

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1. crushingadjective

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming

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1. List of paraphrases for "crushing":

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

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1. Haseb Sediqi:

   The terrorists have very important goals in Dangam, such as establishing permanent bases or transferring their bases from the other side of the border, crushing the local people's uprising and of course creating problems for Afghan security forces.

2. Maxwell Lubin:

   One of the things giving me hope is that the Joe Biden administration is responding to how severely children and youth have been hurt by the pandemic. They're reaching out and listening to the experiences of children and youth who have been facing hunger or homelessness, or dealing with crushing student loan debt, and offering real solutions, the engagement goes well beyond me personally.

3. Steve Kerr:

   Crushing news, sekou has been part of the NBA family for a long time...Just another awful day and we're all so saddened.

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. French Open:

   I think tomorrow is a bigger moment for Simona Halep than it is for American Sloane Stephens, simona Halep has had three crushing losses in Grand Slam finals, Simona Halep is still searching for the elusive Grand Sam title.