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krossa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crunch verb To crush something noisily, especially food, making a crackling sound.
  • crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • scrunch verb To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
  • shatter verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
  • trounce verb To beat severely; to thrash.

Senses

krossa is used for these senses in English:

  • crunch To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
  • 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.
  • crush To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
  • destroy (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
  • scrunch (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
  • shatter (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
  • shatter (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
  • trounce (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.

crunch — full definition

  1. verb To crush something noisily, especially food, making a crackling sound.
  2. verb To process large amounts of data or numbers.
  3. noun The crackling sound made when something is crushed or bitten into.
  4. noun A critical or decisive moment, often involving pressure or difficulty.
  5. noun In game or software development, a period of mandatory overtime before a deadline.

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.

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