Synonyms for crushing
crush·ing

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1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingadjective

   forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

   Synonyms:
   stifling, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibition

   Antonyms:
   constructive

2. crushing, devastatingadjective

   physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

   "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

   Synonyms:
   devastating, withering, annihilative, annihilating

   Antonyms:
   constructive

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1. crushingadjective

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming

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1. List of paraphrases for "crushing":

   grinding, crush, shredding, milling, crash, overwhelming, pulping, crushers

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1. Olivia de Havilland:

   The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.

2. Tom Coughlin:

   It was a crushing blow to the family and as strong as they tried to appear it was most difficult because people would stop working, the expenses would continue to arise -- cancer is an expensive, expensive disease.

3. Jerry Sanders:

   Being stuck in traffic is just the most stress-inducing, soul-crushing part of society today, we really want to make people's lives better and elevated, high-speed transportation is the answer.

4. Cobram Estate:

   The absolute key is growing fresh olives that are in excellent condition and just crushing them and nothing else.

5. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner:

   These forced union dues are a critical cog in the corrupt bargaining that is crushing taxpayers.