Crushing in spanish

Aplastante

pronunciation: ɑplɑstɑnte part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures

crush3 = aplastar, machacar, triturar, prensar. 

Example: The article is entitled 'Dinosaurs to crush flies: computer catalogues, classification and other barriers to library use'.

more:

» crush + idea = echar por tierra una idea.

Example: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the 'risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.

» crush to + death = morir aplastado.

Example: This article presents a hypothetical case in which a lawyer is crushed to death when a bookcase collapses on him = Este artículo presenta una caso hipotético en el que un abogado murió aplastado al caérsele encima una estantería.

crushing = aplastante, apabullante. 

Example: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.

more:

» crushing blow = revés fulminante, golpe fulminante.

Example: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.

» prove + crushing = resultar ser demoledor.

Example: The reference librarian deficient in these virtues labours under a constant burden which will prove so crushing that he will be unable to rise to meet his enquirers' needs.

Crushing synonyms

devastating in spanish: devastador, pronunciation: devəsteɪtɪŋ part of speech: adjective suppression in spanish: supresión, pronunciation: səpreʃən part of speech: noun destructive in spanish: destructivo, pronunciation: dɪstrʌktɪv part of speech: adjective stifling in spanish: sofocante, pronunciation: staɪflɪŋ part of speech: noun quelling in spanish: sofocando, pronunciation: kwelɪŋ part of speech: noun
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