[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That crushes; bruising, overwhelming, etc.
1577. Whetstone, in Gascoigne’s Steel Glas (Arb.), 22. Crusshing care.
1593. Shaks., Rich. II., V. v. 34. Crushing penurie.
1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., IV. 206. The blow must be quick, and crushing.
1876. Trevelyan, Macaulay, II. ix. 137. A … crushing censure upon Lord Ellenborough.
