Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squashed (skwŏsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Squashing.] [OE. squachen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. écacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.