squash
- meaning:
- (verb) to crush something flat or stop something from developing
- (noun) a type of vegetable or a racket sport played indoors
- nuance:
- In software, “squash commits” means combine several commits into one; in general use, “squash a rumor” means stop it.
- example:
- Let’s squash these small commits before merging the branch.
- my sentence:
- I will squash the fixup commits after the review.