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Difference between Be crashed out of something and Be crushed out of something

be crashed out of somethingfail to perform well enough to stay in a competition:

  • India’s hopes of getting a further gold went up in smoke when Gopichand was crashed out of the men’s quarter-finals.

be crushed out of somethingbe ousted of a business, etc.:

  • Rockefeller would approach oil companies with two choices: either sell their company to him, or be crushed out of production.