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.