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Crunches
- noun - a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
- another word for a sit up
- chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
- make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
- the act of crushing
- the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
Crunodal
- - Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.
Cruppers
- noun - a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
Crusaded
- verb - exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Crusader
- noun - a disputant who advocates reform
- a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
Crusades
- noun - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Crushers
- noun - a device that crushes something
Crushing
- verb - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
- break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
- make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
Crustier
- adjective - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
- having a hardened crust as a covering
Crustily
- - In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.