crush someone or something to something
to press or squeeze someone or something into a particular state, such as death, a pulp, nothing, etc. The anaconda crushed the tapir to death. Donna crushed the bananas to a pulp and put them into the cake batter.
crush something (in)to something
to grind or break something into bits and pieces. He crushed the fennel seeds into a powder. The roller crushes the rocks to bits.