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squasher

squasher noun: one who, or that which, squashes.

Noun

squasher (plural squashers)

  1. One who, or that which, squashes.
    • It is in this sense that television, the great reducer, the great squasher of high hearts and innocence, is a depressing cultural voice.1996, T William Boxx, Gary M Quinlivan, Culture in crisis and the renewal of civil life
    • Whatever their feelings about the state's heavy-handed blows on idealist scientific writings, they appear to have remained committed to their roles as squashers of superstition.2009, Sigrid Schmalzer, The People's Peking Man, page 81

Forms of squasher

pluralsquashers

Origin of squasher

From squash + -er.

Words formed from squasher

Questions about squasher

What does squasher mean?
Squasher means one who, or that which, squashes.
What part of speech is squasher?
Squasher is a noun.
What is the plural of squasher?
The plural of squasher is squashers.

Words near squasher in the dictionary

  1. squashed frog
  2. squashed frogs
  3. squashed the beef
  4. squashee
  5. squashees
  6. squasher
  7. squashers
  8. squashes
  9. squashes the beef
  10. squashier
  11. squashiest

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