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						crush
						
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									To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. | schiacciare,
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									To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding. | frantumare | 
			
				
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									(intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love. | prendersi una cotta | 
			
				
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									To overcome completely; to subdue totally. | sottomettere | 
			
        
    
		
			
			
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						crush
						
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									(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection. | cotta | 
			
				
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									A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | calca,
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						crushing
						
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									That crushes; overwhelming. | schiacciante | 
			
        
    
		
			
			
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						crushing
						
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									A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. | macinazione |