esclafar — meaning in English

English meaning

• crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
• smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.
• steamroll verb To flatten, as if with a steamroller.

Senses

esclafar is used for these senses in English:

• crush To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
• smash (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
• steamroll (figurative) To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm.

crush — full definition

1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

smash — full definition

1. noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.
2. noun Something enormously successful and popular.
3. verb To break something violently into pieces.
4. verb To defeat someone overwhelmingly.

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