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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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