crush Copy link Outline I. The actII. A dense crowd • crush, crushing (subs.): I. The act: contūsio: v. bruising. (But usu. expr. by verb; as, to aim at crushing the enemy, *id agere ut hostes obterantur: v. preced. art.) II. A dense crowd: *frequentia densissima; hominum frequentia humeris inter se colluctantium: v. crowd.