3 occurrences in 10 translations

'Crushing' in the Bible

For out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen; the king of Aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersThreshingTen ThingsFiftiesTens Of ThousandsGrinding People

And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.

Verse ConceptsTombsBurning Idolatrous Things

Bible Theasaurus

Devastating (11 instances)
Oppress (69 instances)
Shocking (4 instances)
Smash (27 instances)
Squeeze (5 instances)
Suppress (7 instances)
Vanquish (3 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain