The Soviet Army would have come in and crushed everything.

"I suppose it's bringing more men; they need an army to crush us."

Last year the army crushed the prolonged anti-government protests, during which more than 90 people were killed.

The army must cross the river, flank the fortifications, and crush the defense.

There have been no big economic or foreign policy initiatives since the Army crushed the democracy movement on the night of June 3-4.

He intended to personally lead the armies to crush the rebels but his subjects advised him against it.

He would have preferred the fight to go a little more according to plan, but knew that his army would soon crush the amateur defenders.

The widespread hope in Katmandu that the army would quickly crush the rebellion has proved empty.

He proposed that his army should be expanded to 273,000 men and 600 guns and "crush the rebels in one campaign."

During the battle, the relatively small 40,000-strong Sassanian army crushed a 70,000-strong Roman force.