CRUSH OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crush out mean? 

• CRUSH OUT (verb)
  The verb CRUSH OUT has 1 sense:

1. extinguish by crushing

  Familiarity information: CRUSH OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUSH OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinguish by crushing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crush out; extinguish; press out; stub out

Context example:

stub out your cigar

Hypernyms (to "crush out" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

It was super-machinelike, and it helped to crush out the glimmering bit of soul that was all that was left him from former life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)