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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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