crushed to death
idiom
: killed by being crushed
Several people were crushed to death as the crowd rushed for the exit doors.
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Investigators had uncovered that the dogs were being grossly neglected and mistreated, with animals crowded and sometimes crushed to death in small cages, fed moldy food, and left to languish in their own waste.
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Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Live Nation came under fire for accepting a $500-million investment from the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund in 2020, and settled wrongful-death suits after the Astroworld tragedy in 2021, when 10 fans were crushed to death in the crowd.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
Fain, in his more than 10-minute-long, wide-ranging speech, also called to mind 53-year-old Antonio Gaston, a father of four who was reportedly crushed to death while working at an Ohio Jeep factory last month.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2024
In the same year, a security guard was similarly crushed to death by an elephant at a mine in the country’s Limpopo province.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 10 July 2024
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Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Live Nation came under fire for accepting a $500-million investment from the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund in 2020, and settled wrongful-death suits after the Astroworld tragedy in 2021, when 10 fans were crushed to death in the crowd.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
Fain, in his more than 10-minute-long, wide-ranging speech, also called to mind 53-year-old Antonio Gaston, a father of four who was reportedly crushed to death while working at an Ohio Jeep factory last month.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2024
In the same year, a security guard was similarly crushed to death by an elephant at a mine in the country’s Limpopo province.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 10 July 2024
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“Crushed to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crushed%20to%20death. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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