squashed
Adjective

squashed

  1. squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
    • 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
      Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
  2. suppressed or silenced
Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of squash
    • 2001, Jon Brasher, The Color of Moonlight (page 37)
      He dropped his cigarette on the sidewalk, shaking his head as he squashed the butt out with the heel of his shoe.



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