crush·ing
adjective/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/
/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/
[usually before noun]- used to emphasize how bad or severe something is
（强调糟糕或严重的程度）惨重的，毁坏性的 - a crushing defeat in the election
在选举中的惨败 - The shipyard has been dealt another crushing blow with the failure to win this contract.
由于未能赢得这份合同，造船厂又遭到了一次惨重的打击。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCrushing is used with these nouns:- blow
- burden
- defeat
- …
- a crushing defeat in the election