squash

squash
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. crush, mash, squeeze, flatten; squelch; informal, suppress, silence. See destruction.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A vegetable].
Varieties of squash include: winter, Hubbard, butternut, pumpkin, turban, winter crookneck, Canada crookneck, cushaw, summer, scallop, Italian, zucchini, straightneck, summer crookneck, acorn, pattypan, spaghetti, chayote, white bush, white bush scalloped, warted Hubbard, green, banana, yellow crookneck, Danish; see also vegetable .
2. [A court game]
Syn. squash racquets, squash tennis, racquet ball.
v.
Syn. mash, crush, flatten, pulverize; see mash .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. squish flatten, compress, press, smash, mash, crush, squeeze, compact, crowd, jam.
2. quash bring to an end, stop, bring down, suppress, stifle, crush, squelch, *crack down on, *pull the plug on.
ANT.: 2. fortify, strengthen, support
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass: crush, mash, mush, pulp. See HELP. 2. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN.

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