to crush down opposition

  • 1crush — 01. The student [crushed] his notes into a ball, and threw them in the waste paper basket. 02. Make sure you [crush] all the tin cans before putting them in the recycling. 03. The old cars are [crushed], and then melted down for the metal. 04. A… …

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  • 2crush — vb 1 Crush, mash, smash, bruise, squash, macerate are comparable when they mean to reduce or be reduced to a pulpy or broken mass. Crush implies a compressing between two hard or resistant surfaces that succeeds, usually, in destroying the shape… …

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  • 3Opposition to the American Civil War: The Peace Movement and Draft Opposition — The American Civil War did divide the American population into a Confederacy and a Union, Contents 1 The Peace Movement 2 Draft riots 3 Draft dodgers 4 The opposition as a whole …

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  • 4opposition — noun 1 disagreeing with sth/trying to change sth ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, considerable, determined, fierce, serious, stiff, strong, vehement ▪ violent …

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  • 5crush — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abolish, abrade, affection, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, army, asphyxiate, atomize, batter, bear, bear down, beat, beat down, bellyful, beloved, beloved …

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  • 6crush — 1. verb 1) essential oils are released when the herbs are crushed Syn: squash, squeeze, press, pulp, mash, mangle, pulverize 2) your dress will get crushed Syn: crease, crumple, rumple …

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  • 7To break down — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …

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  • 8United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 9List of Transformers: Cybertron characters — Principal cast from Transformers: Cybertron. This article lists characters that appear in Transformers: Cybertron, the third chapter of the Unicron Trilogy series of the Transformers franchise. The series features the entirety of planet Cybertron …

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  • 10Benito Mussolini — Mussolini redirects here. For other uses, see Mussolini (disambiguation). Benito Mussolini …

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