écraser

Comme si quelqu'un avait écrasé une cigarette sur son cou.
Looks like someone held a lit cigarette up to his neck.
Ça sent comme si quelqu'un avait écrasé une moufette.
It smells like someone ran over a skunk.
On m'a dit qu'un météore avait écrasé mon petit Paul,
They told me it was a meteor that squashed little Paul.
Mon bus avait écrasé une fille.
The bus I was on splattered some girl all over the road.
En 1999, le régime avait écrasé, en quelques jours, une vague de protestations étudiantes.
Back in 1999, the regime suppressed a wave of student unrest within days: this time, the protesters appear more strong-minded.
Guillaume III avait écrasé les jacobites irlandais en 1692 mais il continua à combattre la France dans les Pays-Bas.
William had crushed the Irish Jacobites by 1692, but he continued with campaigns abroad to wage war against France in the Netherlands.
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