almost crush

Frequency: 5.54.3 per million words

to come very close to crushing something or someone

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Examples (10)

  • The speeding car almost crushed the cyclist against the curb.
  • A massive boulder rolled down the hill and almost crushed the hiker's tent.
  • He was almost crushed in the stampede for the concert doors.
  • The factory worker's hand was almost crushed in the heavy machinery.
  • The weight of expectation from his family almost crushed his ambition.
  • The devastating news almost crushed her spirit, but she found the strength to carry on.
  • I dropped the heavy encyclopedia, and it almost crushed my toe.
  • The immense pressure of the deep sea almost crushed the submarine's hull.
  • The panicked elephant almost crushed the zookeeper's leg.
  • The relentless competition from the larger company almost crushed our small startup.