"The blow crushed the side of her head," said the junior monk quietly.

The wound was on the side of the head, a heavy blow with some blunt instrument had crushed in the skull.

Had it landed, the blow would have crushed the cartilage and killed him instantly.

One blow from the paw can crush an ox skull.

A blow from a blackjack had crushed in his skull.

If she had not thrown herself flat, the blow would have crushed her skull.

A new blow would crush her, perhaps beyond recovery.

Was it a blow to crush the spirit of a budding entrepreneur?

The thing was so massive that a single blow would crush any of them.

Each blow would crush only a small area.