Make
Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
Squash
Squash verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Commandeering the brewery to make fruit squash and lemonade for the care home when a delivery goes astray?
Source: Hero Does Public Service -
The hits that would squash basic pigs would merely dent their helmet or at best make it come off.
Source: Heavily Armored Mook - The sheer amount of stupidity and Epic Fail the mod has to squash will make you facepalm hard enough to bruise yourself.
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