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came back crushed from the laundry. 3 squash, pulp, mash,<br />

squeeze, compress, press: The machine crushes the oranges and<br />

extracts the juice. 4 overcome, defeat, conquer, vanquish,<br />

beat, thrash; subdue, put down, quash, quell, overwhelm,<br />

squelch, suppress, repress: The title-holder crushed the<br />

challenger. The junta crushed the uprising without bloodshed. 5<br />

abash, embarrass, shame, mortify, depress, devastate, humiliate,<br />

disgrace: She was really crushed when he refused to see her.<br />

--n. 6 press, pressure, crowd: When the fire alarm sounded, I<br />

was almost caught in the crush of the people trying to escape.<br />

cry<br />

v. 1 weep, sob, wail, keen, bawl, shed tears: Paul cried when<br />

they took his mother away. 2 whimper, snivel, pule, mewl,<br />

whine, moan, groan, fret, Colloq turn on the waterworks, Brit<br />

grizzle: Don't cry over spilt milk. 3 cry out for. demand,<br />

need, call for, beg for, plead for: Her hair is so untidy it<br />

cries out for trimming. Wanton murder cries out for vengeance.<br />

--n. 4 scream, shriek, wail, howl, yowl: I heard the mournful<br />

cries of those being tortured. 5 shout, whoop, yell, howl:<br />

Uttering blood-curdling cries, the rebels attacked. 6 call,<br />

sound, note: The noise was the cry of the lesser grebe to its<br />

mate. 7 war cry, battle-cry, slogan, watchword: 'Down with the<br />

king!' was the cry used to rally the rabble. 8 a far cry. a<br />

long way, quite a distance, remote, distant, not, not quite,<br />

very different (from): This report is a far cry from what I had<br />

expected.<br />

crypt<br />

n. tomb, vault, mausoleum, sepulchre, grave, catacomb; cellar,<br />

basement: He is buried in the crypt of St Paul's.<br />

cryptic adj. 1 secret, occult, mystical, hidden, esoteric, mystic,<br />

cabbalistic: The sarcophagus was covered with cryptic symbols.<br />

2 obscure, mysterious, unclear, nebulous, vague, inscrutable,<br />

recondite, arcane, enigmatic, puzzling: I cannot make head or<br />

tail of her cryptic remarks.<br />

3.8 cuddle...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=cuddle<br />

v. 1 snuggle up (to), nestle or huddle (against): She cuddled

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