crushing

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

forceful prevention;
putting down by power or authority
- the suppression of heresy
- the quelling of the rebellion
- the stifling of all dissent
• Syn:
suppression, quelling, stifling
• Derivationally related forms:
stifle (for: stifling), quell (for: quelling), crush, suppress (for: suppression)
• Hypernyms:
prevention, bar
• Hyponyms:
crackdown

II - adjective

physically or spiritually devastating;
often used in combination (Freq. 4)
- a crushing blow
- a crushing rejection
- bone-crushing
• Syn:
devastating
• Similar to:
destructive

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  devastating, suppression, quelling, stifling