SQUASHED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

squashed

verb

past tense of squash

as in mashed

to cause to become a pulpy mass the sort of person who couldn't even squash a bug

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to put a stop to (something) by the use of force squashed any effort to reform the country's power structure

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Recent Examples of squashed More than 20,000 county residents signed a petition to bring the issue to voters in a ballot question in November, but the Maryland Supreme Court squashed it, citing legal problems with the question. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026 The scant few remaining Arm compatibility concerns revolve around old printers and proprietary apps, but these have been all but squashed for the average user. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Alphabet has squashed concerns that artificial intelligence will destroy its Google tech empire. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Researchers have attributed this slump to a slow rate of technological innovation and increasingly tight local regulations that have squashed incentives to build. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Mathew Street was indeed close at hand but over the frontier of Liverpool’s dockland, a narrow cobbled lane between towering Victorian warehouses, blocked by heavy trucks and strewn with empty crates, cabbage stalks, and squashed oranges to the peril of Brian’s beautifully polished brogues. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026 Duncan approaches Lili, who enthusiastically greets him by telling him she's squashed their daughter's potential problem with the police. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 Predators probably avoided attacking healthy adults of any large sauropod species because of the danger of being squashed. — Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026

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It must also be mashed, distilled, and aged in the United States.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Recipe Tips for Chocolate Banana Bread Use ripe bananas that can be easily mashed.

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026

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When women tried to march for their rights, they were violently suppressed, and by 2023, nearly all those in Afghan jails were political prisoners, and many were tortured.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
Hong Kong's independent bookstores, many of them tucked away from busy streets inside buildings, have long offered a refuge and a window to a freer world for some mainland Chinese readers seeking ideas suppressed at home.

— KANIS LEUNG, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of suppressed

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The very next day, like an anvil falling from the sky, Forte and his collaborators were crushed by the news that Warner Bros, the film’s studio, had decided to shelve the movie for a tax write-off.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
The Horned Frogs crushed the Tar Heels 48-14 in last year’s season opener at Chapel Hill, ruining the college coaching debut of six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of crushed

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Bradman was the top run scorer for Australia but had only one century in the series, suggesting his threat had been quelled.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Coach Regis Le Bris appears to have quelled that for this summer, citing a lack of other striking options beyond Brian Brobbey in a season where his side have European football to contend with on top of domestic matters.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of quelled

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America’s aging farmers have been holding on to machinery for longer than usual as low crop prices and rising costs squeezed their finances.

— Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Officials said the bears appeared to have squeezed through a 1-foot-wide opening in the concrete structure (likely seeking water during hot, humid weather) and then couldn’t get back out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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The Department of Justice had argued Google could not be trusted to run the online advertising exchange after Brinkema ruled that Google had illegally quashed competition.

— Jody Godoy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Courts in some cases have quashed subpoenas or ordered the review of grand jury transcripts, and the criminal cases against Comey and New York Atty.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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