Meaning & use
Squashed
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Crushed or flattened by pressure, or, figuratively, suppressed or put an end to something forcefully.
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The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag got squashed on the walk home.
The board quickly squashed the rumor with an official statement.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of squashing a rumor or plan parallels the near-synonym "quash," though the two words developed from unrelated roots.
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inflated
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