Crushing and Shocking

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Crushing adjective - Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.

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Shocking and crushing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Crushing".

Nearby Words: crush, crushed, crusher

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.

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Crushing and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crushing" instead an adjective "Shocking".

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

Shocking Swerve: Invoked deliberately by Jill, who tries to have sex with Ed for a ratings stunt (which results in him accidentally crushing her cat by falling on it).

Source: Film / EDtv
One of Fillmore's past crimes that really was shocking was crushing the school mini golf team's spirits and taking all their clubs and trophies for not letting a delinquent like him try out.

Source: Western Animation / Fillmore!
Diane, on the other hand turns to face Charlotte when given shocking information, namely that the superheroine Cheerleadra might actually be Elliot Dunkel, the guy who she has been crushing on for a while.

Source: Driver Faces Passenger

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