Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb squash

1 sense of squash

Sense 1
squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze -- (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon")
       => press -- (exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot")

Similarity of adj squashed

1 sense of squashed

Sense 1
squashed -- (that has been violently compressed; "the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds")
       Participle of verb squash (Sense 1)
      => squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze -- (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon")
       => press -- (exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot")

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