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squash

n. edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

squash vine

n. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

squash rackets, squash racquets

n. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

squash

v. perform the court game of squash

squeeze, crush, squelch, mash

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

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

elbow

v. push one's way with the elbows

shoulder, push with the shoulders

v. push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

herd, crowd, crowd together, herd together, drive together

v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

enslave, reduce to slavery

v. make a slave of; bring into servitude

smash, blast, boom, nail, hit hard

v. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

grind, dance erotically

v. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

stomp, stamp, stump

v. walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

crush, break down

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

smash, bang up, smash up

v. damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

flatten, become flat, become flatter, flatten out

v. become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"

drop, flatten, lower the pitch of

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

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