squashed

squashed
a) squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
b) suppressed or silenced

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  • squashed — [skwɔʃt US skwa:ʃt, skwo:ʃt] adj 1.) broken or made flat by being pressed hard ▪ squashed tomatoes 2.) [not before noun] in a space that is too small ▪ I was squashed between Jan and Dave in the back seat …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • squashed — [ skwaʃt ] adjective damaged by being pressed or crushed: a few squashed tomatoes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Squashed — Squash Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squashed} (skw[o^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squashing}.] [OE. squachen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. [ e]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • squashed — Synonyms and related words: crushed, even, flat, flattened, flush, homaloidal, horizontal, level, plain, plane, quashed, quelled, repressed, rolled, smashed, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, smothered, squashed flat, squelched, stifled, subdued …   Moby Thesaurus

  • squashed — adjective broken or made flat by being pressed hard: a bag of squashed tomatoes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • squashed — UK [skwɒʃt] / US [skwɑʃt] adjective damaged by being pressed or crushed a few squashed tomatoes …   English dictionary

  • squashed — adjective that has been violently compressed (Freq. 1) the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds • Participle of verb: ↑squash …   Useful english dictionary

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  • squashed fly biscuit — [squashed fly biscuit] ; noun (BrE humor) » …   Useful english dictionary

  • squashed in like sardines — packed/squashed etc/in like sardines phrase crowded so tightly together in a space that there is no room to move Economy class passengers were packed in like sardines. Thesaurus: full of people or thingssynonym Main entry: sardine …   Useful english dictionary

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