| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Anna mää ruttaan sen, iskä. | Let me crush him, Pa. |
| Kilpailijat Lycos ja GeoCities ruttaavat meidät. | Our competitors, Lycos and GeoCities, are crushing us. |
| Ei, poikani autoa ei rutattu Knoxvillessä. | No, my son's car was not crushed in Knoxville. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | سحق | Danish | mase |
| Dutch | fijnmaken,platdrukken, uitpersen, vergruizelen, verpletten, verpletteren | English | crush |
| Esperanto | disbati, dispremi | Estonian | kägardama, rutjuma |
| Faroese | syndra | French | broyer, écrabouiller, piler, pillaver |
| German | abquetschen, abwürgen, zerdrücken, zerficken, zermalmen, zerquetschen | Greek | συντρίβω |
| Icelandic | kremja | Indonesian | berjejal, meremuk |
| Italian | acciaccare, pestare, ripestare, schiacciare, spappolare, stritolare | Japanese | 打ち壊す |
| Lithuanian | gniuždyti, knežinti, smulkinti, sugniuždyti, suknežinti, sutraiškyti, traiškyti | Macedonian | здроби, надроби |
| Maori | hahau | Polish | gnieść, miażdżyć, podkochiwać, przygnieść, przywalić, rozdrobnić, rozgniatać, rozmiażdżyć, roztłamsić, zgniatać, zgnieść, zgruchotać, zmiażdżyć |
| Portuguese | esmagar, esmigalhar | Quechua | chanqay |
| Russian | дробить, задавить, заминать, замять, раздавить, раздробить, раздроблять | Spanish | abrumar, apachar, apachurrar, aplastar, chafar, machacar, majar |
| Swedish | krossa | Thai | ขยี้ |
| Turkish | ezmek | Vietnamese | nghiền, phải lòng |