to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush
Verb
to humiliate or depress completely
crush
Verb
to come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
chip
Noun
the act of chipping something
chip
Noun
(golf) a low running approach shot
chip
Noun
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
chip
Noun
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
chip
Noun
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
chip
Noun
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
chip
Noun
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
chip
Noun
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
chip
Noun
a piece of dried bovine dung
chip
Verb
to cut a nick into
chip
Verb
to break a small piece off from
chip
Verb
to break off a piece from a whole
chip
Verb
to form by chipping
chip
Verb
to play a chip shot
contracture
Noun
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
crunch
Noun
the act of crushing
crunch
Noun
the sound of something crunching
crunch
Noun
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
crunch
Verb
to reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
crunch
Verb
to make a crushing noise
crunch
Verb
to chew noisily
crunch
Verb
to press or grind with a crushing noise
chipping
Noun
the act of chipping something
compaction
Noun
the act of crushing
compaction
Noun
an increase in the density of something
cost cutting
Noun
the act of cutting costs
contraction
Noun
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
contraction
Noun
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
contraction
Noun
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
contraction
Noun
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
cutback
Noun
a reduction in quantity or rate
cutting off
Noun
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
cutting off
Noun
the act of cutting something off
clipping
Noun
the act of clipping or snipping
clipping
Noun
cutting down to the desired size or shape
clipping
Noun
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
cleavage
Noun
the act of cleaving or splitting
cleavage
Noun
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
cleavage
Noun
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
cleavage
Noun
the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
cleavage
Noun
the state of being split or cleft
commixture
Noun
the act of mixing together
cutting out
Noun
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
circumcision
Noun
the act of circumcising
circumcision
Noun
the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite