Object

• rebellion: But American forces failed to prevent Saddam from crushing the rebellion, that led to the death of thousands of Iraqis.

• defeat: Only in Oldham did the BNP suffer a crushing defeat.

• garlic: In a pestle and mortar, crush the garlic with the sugar and a pinch of salt into a paste.

• revolt: Hussein's loyal military units assaulted Shiite towns and villages, hunted rebels down and crushed the revolt.

• uprising: A few weeks later, the government crushed an uprising by 400 troops in the capital.

• clove: Chop 4 shallots and crush a large garlic clove.

Subject

• ice: To prevent the ship being crushed by ice she was sunk in shallow water.

Adjective modifier

• embarrassing: Who is your most embarrassing crush that you've ever had?

• teenage: Did you have a teenage crush on the fittest skeptic on TV, Scully of The X Files?

• massive: CORRIE babe Tina O'Brien has revealed she has a massive crush on Leonardo DiCaprio.. .

Modifies a noun

• fracture: Crush fractures of the vertebrae are thought to be three times as common as hip fractures.

• barrier: The slope of the stands and steps are constructed to seat spectators and of course there are no crush barriers in a seated area.

• injury: He had suffered severe crush injuries to his bowels.

Modifying Another Word

• brutally: Two years later he moved back to Bulgaria where he led a worker's revolt that was brutally crushed by the capitalist government.

• ruthlessly: They were ruthlessly crushed by a crusade launched by Pope Innocent III, involving Simon de Montfort of Leicester.

• lightly: Serve the soup hot or cold and garnished with asparagus tips and lightly crushed pink peppercorns.

• freshly: It is freshly crushed to release over 78 minerals and trace elements to remineralise soil and compost heaps.

Noun used with modifier

• percent: Percent crush declines to film the session we might the only hands.

Preposition: in

• ice: The ship wouldn't be crushed in pack ice but it was sealed in until spring.

Preposition: by

• ice: To prevent the ship being crushed by ice she was sunk in shallow water.