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écrasant

crushing, overwhelming

adjective eh-krah-ZAHN Rare

Also means

sweltering (heat)

Usage Note

Écrasant is the present participle of écraser (to crush) used as an adjective. A victoire écrasante is a landslide victory; une chaleur écrasante is oppressive heat. The feminine form is écrasante. It intensifies strongly — stronger than énorme or lourd.

Examples

"Ils ont remporté une victoire écrasante aux élections."

Natural Translation

They won a crushing victory in the elections.

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