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crush

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/krʌʃ/

/krʌʃ/

verb Regular verbcrush crushed

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ezmek

To press something very hard so that it is damaged, broken, or loses its shape.
- She accidentally crushed the paper cup in her hand.
  
  Yanlışlıkla elindeki kağıt bardağı ezdi.
- Crush the garlic before adding it to the pan.
  
  Tavaya eklemeden önce sarımsağı ezin.
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ezip geçmek, farklı yenmek

To defeat a person or team completely.
- Our team crushed the opposition in the final game.
  
  Takımımız final maçında rakibi ezip geçti.
- She crushed her opponents in the chess tournament.
  
  Satranç turnuvasında rakiplerini ezip geçti.
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(birini) yıkmak, (umutlarını) yerle bir etmek

To make someone feel very sad or to destroy that person's hopes.
- The bad news completely crushed him.
  
  Kötü haber onu tamamen yıktı.
- Losing the final crushed her hopes of a medal.
  
  Finali kaybetmek madalya umutlarını yerle bir etti.

Verb Forms Regular

Base crush

/krʌʃ/

Past crushed

/krʌʃt/

Participle crushed

/krʌʃt/

Spelling rule

Add ‑edcrush → crushed

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed

/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /ʃ/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. crushed /krʌʃt/

Synonyms

squash flatten crumple

Collocations

crush a cancrush icecrush garliccrush the competitioncrush someone's hopes

Phrases 3