crushed to death
idiom
: killed by being crushed
Several people were crushed to death as the crowd rushed for the exit doors.
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As chaos ensues, Miss Collins is crushed to death by a falling basketball backboard.
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
After a Tesla worker in Shanghai was crushed to death last year, a report citing safety gaps was taken offline.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
On a below-freezing morning in March 2013, Israel Lepe Quezada was crushed to death while working on a dairy farm in northeast Wisconsin.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
The second legend — the worst yet most enduring — is that she was crushed to death while performing an act of bestiality with a horse.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
Mulder and Scully eventually track Tooms to a Baltimore shopping mall, where the murderous mutant finally meets his demise, crushed to death beneath a moving escalator.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
In 2017, a 59-year-old man was crushed to death by a forklift at an Amazon warehouse in Plainfield.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2023
Nearly 160 revelers were crushed to death in a narrow alleyway in the Itaewon neighborhood, after huge throngs had amassed with no police officers to control them, despite official warnings that the gathering would be unusually large after the end of pandemic restrictions.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
And one person was crushed to death in Salem as well.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
After a Tesla worker in Shanghai was crushed to death last year, a report citing safety gaps was taken offline.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
On a below-freezing morning in March 2013, Israel Lepe Quezada was crushed to death while working on a dairy farm in northeast Wisconsin.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
The second legend — the worst yet most enduring — is that she was crushed to death while performing an act of bestiality with a horse.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
Mulder and Scully eventually track Tooms to a Baltimore shopping mall, where the murderous mutant finally meets his demise, crushed to death beneath a moving escalator.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
In 2017, a 59-year-old man was crushed to death by a forklift at an Amazon warehouse in Plainfield.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2023
Nearly 160 revelers were crushed to death in a narrow alleyway in the Itaewon neighborhood, after huge throngs had amassed with no police officers to control them, despite official warnings that the gathering would be unusually large after the end of pandemic restrictions.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
And one person was crushed to death in Salem as well.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Crushed to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crushed%20to%20death. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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