Thesaurus results for SQUOOSHES

squooshes

verb

present tense third-person singular of squoosh

as in bears (down on)

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Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026

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Indeed, the Lorentz contraction compresses a moving object, although the contraction does not appear in a snapshot of the object.

— Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Pushing on or leaning against something that compresses the belly may increase the discomfort.

— Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of compresses

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The scrutiny raised questions about what could happen to his Carvana position if fallout from the investigation pressures him to raise cash.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
When The Park pressures him to turn against Lamb and his colleagues to pin MI5’s failure on Slough House, Struan ultimately caves.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pressures

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Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Definition of mashes

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That Febreze bottle is empty and the scented candle burned out — the current Giants’ stink punches you right in the nose, mouth and eyes.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
After a 20-yard throw and catch, Andrew Chung to Yuto Kawamura-Johnson, Warriors RB Jayden Ammons punches it in for a 1-yard TD.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

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