Thesaurus results for CRUSHER

crusher

noun

Definition of crusher

as in clincher

something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming the crusher was that we would be out of town that weekend in any event

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Recent Examples of crusher The video featured resistance training combos, like squats paired with overhead dumbbell presses, and another including skull crushers with a barbell and reverse crunches. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Qatar did the same for reckless driving two years ago, feeding a Toyota Supra into a car crusher after its driver was filmed doing donuts on a highway. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of Denver comics also performed there, with nationally touring acts such as Ben Roy and Andrew Orvedahl (Cayton-Holland’s Grawlix partners) and crushers such as Josh Blue, Janae Burris, Troy Walker, and Christie Buchele. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 July 2026 Adventure bikes have ballooned into 600-pound continent crushers. — New Atlas, 6 July 2026 The background here, what happened, and the history itself, prior to us finding the engine itself that escaped the crusher. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026 In 2023 and 2024, investors from China, Canada and Ethiopia arrived at artisanal mining sites with rock crushers, excavators and flasks filled with mercury, according to dozens of interviews with local miners, government officials and industry insiders. — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026 And basic math, in politics as in life, so often serves as the great crusher of dreams. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 The supply chain runs mine to crusher to leaching tanks to solvent extraction columns to metal reduction furnaces to sintering presses — each a separate facility, a separate specialized workforce, a separate capital cycle. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026

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This group ended Milwaukee’s 12-game road postseason losing streak since 2018 with the clincher in San Diego, executing nearly flawlessly in the process.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
The Phillies’ 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves in the wild-card clincher Thursday night marked their fourth straight year of regression in the postseason since appearing in the 2022 World Series.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of clincher

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Measles usually kills two or three people in every 1,000 cases, the WHO says, but the disease can be more deadly in poorer nations because of factors such as malnutrition.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
This year, those existing factors coincide with what is predicted to become the strongest El Niño event in recorded history.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of factor

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How Banijay cracks scripted there is a big agenda point for Bassetti, Jane Turton and Banijay Americas topper Ben Samek.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The Wingman is a hardshell topper tent that transforms a pickup truck bed into a two-story camping system with the press of a button; founder and CEO Jake Jackson describes it as somewhere between a traditional tent and an RV.

— Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of topper

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Denis Villeneuve’s capper on his Arrakis trilogy is once again expected to be a contender in the Best Picture category and pretty much across the board in the craft categories.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
But there’s an awful lot of football to be played between now and that Turkey Day capper.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of capper

Noun

Use Multiple Data Points Wealth indicators provide a partial snapshot of an individual’s financial position and should not be the sole determinant of a donor’s capacity to make a significant gift.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Many of those outcomes can be attributed to social determinants of health, like affordability, care access and transportation.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

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