The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TROUNCE
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More clues leading to the result TROUNCE
- Beat counter to get change
- Beat counter furiously
- Clobber's weight set up right initially
- Slaughter forest keeper ultimately associated with big cat
- Armistice broken by old, and later by new, tank
- Beat counter when drunk
- Crush half of troy weight
- Beat edges of thinner part of a pound
- Beat counter madly
- Extremely tender bit to lick
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The straight part
We know that "Crush" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crush = trounce.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TROUNCE mean?
TROUNCE noun- An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
- To beat severely; to thrash.
- To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
- A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
- To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- To pass across or over; to traverse.
- To travel quickly over a long distance.