verb

compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

the front of his car was crushed in the collision

squash,squeeze,press,compress,pulp,mash,macerate,mangle,flatten,trample on,tread on,squidge,splat,smush,pulverize,pound,grind,break up,smash,shatter,crumble,crunch,splinter,mill,pestle,triturate,comminute,bray,levigate,powderize,kibble

noun

a crowd of people pressed closely together.

a number of youngsters fainted in the crush

crowd,throng,horde,swarm,sea,mass,pack,press,multitude,mob,huddle,jam,congestion,rout