· come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

Synonym(s): oppress, suppress

· to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

Synonym(s): squash, squelch, mash, squeeze

Hypernym(s): press

· come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

Synonym(s): beat, beat_out, shell, trounce, vanquish

Hypernym(s): get_the_better_of, overcome, defeat

· break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"

Hypernym(s): break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

· humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

Synonym(s): smash

Hypernym(s): humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

· crush or bruise; "jam a toe"

Synonym(s): jam

Hypernym(s): bruise, contuse

· make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

Synonym(s): break_down

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

Hypernym(s): break, separate, split_up, fall_apart, come_apart

· treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"

· subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"

Synonym(s): broken, humbled, humiliated, low