1 : to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush squash a tomato squashed his nose against the glass 2 : put down, suppress squash a revolt

If you all squashed up (= moved closer together), we could fit an extra person in the car. He tried to squash his ripped jeans into the suitcase while his mother wasn't looking.

[transitive] squash something to stop something from continuing; to destroy something because it is a problem for you synonym quash to squash a plan/an idea/a revolt If parents don't answer …

If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.

b. Something that has been squashed. 2. A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people. 3. Sports A game played on a four-walled court by two or four players who use long-handled …

Jan 7, 2026 · adjective that has been violently compressed “the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds”

the act or sound of squashing or the state of being squashed Also called: squash rackets, squash racquets a game for two or four players played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball …

May 28, 2025 · Adjective squashed (comparative more squashed, superlative most squashed) squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp

to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush. She squashed the flower under her heel. to suppress or put down; quash. Synonyms: repress, crush, quell to silence or disconcert (someone), as with …

Squashed Sentence Examples Long-buried rage was bubbling upward, along with the tiny instinct he'd squashed thousands of years ago. No doubt that's what gives his face a flat, squashed …