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• crush — vb 1 Crush, mash, smash, bruise, squash, macerate are comparable when they mean to reduce or be reduced to a pulpy or broken mass. Crush implies a compressing between two hard or resistant surfaces that succeeds, usually, in destroying the shape… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• crush — ► VERB 1) deform, squash, or pulverize by compressing forcefully. 2) crease or crumple (cloth or paper). 3) violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion). 4) cause (someone) to feel overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment. ► NOUN 1) a crowd… …   English terms dictionary

• rebellion — n. 1) to foment, stir up a rebellion 2) to crush, put down, quash, quell a rebellion 3) open rebellion 4) a rebellion breaks out 5) a rebellion against 6) in rebellion (in open rebellion) * * * [rɪ beljən] put down quash quell a rebellion …   Combinatory dictionary

• rebellion — noun 1 attempt to change the government ADJECTIVE ▪ full scale, major ▪ minor, small ▪ open ▪ armed ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• crush — crush1 [krʌʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cruisir] 1.) to press something so hard that it breaks or is damaged ▪ His leg was crushed in the accident. ▪ Two people were crushed to death in the rush to escape. 2.) to press… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crush — 1 verb (T) 1 to press something so hard that it breaks or is damaged: His leg was crushed in the accident. | be crushed to death (=die by being crushed): Two people were crushed to death in the rush to escape. 2 to press something in order to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• crush — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, major (esp. AmE) ▪ little, small ▪ silly, stupid ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• rebellion — re|bel|lion [rıˈbeljən] n [U and C] 1.) an organized attempt to change the government or leader of a country, using violence →↑coup, revolution ↑revolution ▪ an armed rebellion rebellion against ▪ a rebellion against the military regime in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crush — I. verb Etymology: Middle English crusshen, from Anglo French croissir, croistre, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German krossen to crush Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rebellion — noun (C, U) 1 an organised attempt to change the government, or other authority, using violence: an armed rebellion (+ against): a rebellion against the military regime | put down/crush a rebellion (=use violence to stop it) 2 active opposition… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Rebellion of 1768 — The Rebellion of 1768 was an attempt by Creole and German settlers around New Orleans, Louisiana to stop the handover of the New France Louisiana Territory to New Spain.The rebellion was to force the new Spanish Louisiana Governor Antonio de… …   Wikipedia