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squashing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squashed}; p. pr & vb n. {Squashing}.] [OE. squashen, OF escachier esquachier to squash, to crush, F. ['e]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL excoacticare fr L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum to compel. Cf {Cogent}, {Squat}, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
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