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came back crushed from the laundry. 3 squash, pulp, mash,
squeeze, compress, press: The machine crushes the oranges and
extracts the juice. 4 overcome, defeat, conquer, vanquish,
beat, thrash; subdue, put down, quash, quell, overwhelm,
squelch, suppress, repress: The title-holder crushed the
challenger. The junta crushed the uprising without bloodshed. 5
abash, embarrass, shame, mortify, depress, devastate, humiliate,
disgrace: She was really crushed when he refused to see her.
--n. 6 press, pressure, crowd: When the fire alarm sounded, I
was almost caught in the crush of the people trying to escape.
cry v. 1 weep, sob, wail, keen, bawl, shed tears: Paul cried when
they took his mother away. 2 whimper, snivel, pule, mewl,
whine, moan, groan, fret, Colloq turn on the waterworks, Brit
grizzle: Don't cry over spilt milk. 3 cry out for. demand,
need, call for, beg for, plead for: Her hair is so untidy it
cries out for trimming. Wanton murder cries out for vengeance.
--n. 4 scream, shriek, wail, howl, yowl: I heard the mournful
cries of those being tortured. 5 shout, whoop, yell, howl:
Uttering blood-curdling cries, the rebels attacked. 6 call,
sound, note: The noise was the cry of the lesser grebe to its
mate. 7 war cry, battle-cry, slogan, watchword: 'Down with the
king!' was the cry used to rally the rabble. 8 a far cry. a
long way, quite a distance, remote, distant, not, not quite,
very different (from): This report is a far cry from what I had
expected.
crypt n. tomb, vault, mausoleum, sepulchre, grave, catacomb; cellar,
basement: He is buried in the crypt of St Paul's.
cryptic adj. 1 secret, occult, mystical, hidden, esoteric, mystic,
cabbalistic: The sarcophagus was covered with cryptic symbols.
2 obscure, mysterious, unclear, nebulous, vague, inscrutable,
recondite, arcane, enigmatic, puzzling: I cannot make head or
tail of her cryptic remarks.
3.8 cuddle...
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cuddle v. 1 snuggle up (to), nestle or huddle (against): She cuddled