When something hollow is crushed by a heavy weight, or by a fall: “They ran the wagon over the coffeepot and ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| CRUSHED IT | 7 |
| FLATTENED IT | 6 |
| SMASHED IT | 4 |
| SQUASHED IT | 4 |
| CAVED IT IN | 3 |
| MASHED IT | 2 |
| SQUUSHED IT | 2 |
| BOOM. END OF STORY | 1 |
| CRUSHED | 1 |
| FLATTENED IT OUT | 1 |
| GOOD-BYE COFFEEPOT | 1 |
| IT’S BUSTED | 1 |
| STOVE IT IN | 1 |
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