Different uses of the words 'crash' and 'crush'

Disturbing events keep coming up, here and in Somalia that put a dampener on any hope citizens of both countries have that the menace posed by the ragtag Al Shabaab will be overcome. So, while the Al Shabaab crash explosive laden vehicles into buildings, our spirits get crushed.

A few days ago, Al Shabaab laid siege to a hotel in Mogadishu; a siege that was only crushed several hours later with a lot of deaths reported. Locally, despite being assailed by the stench of corruption perpetrated by individuals in the innermost sanctums of power, there is no hope either. Kenyans feel crushed between the forces of evil conspiring to circumvent the law as the plunder of public resources continues on a stupefying scale.