crush somebody's hopes

Going to Oz's place, Willow learns he had his possessions shipped to him, crushing her last hopes of his return.

That brought on Gozzo, who completely crushed Castillo's hopes.

Burrell crushed the ball and the Mets' hopes of a stirring victory.

Towson tied the game late and ended up winning in overtime, crushing the Knights' hopes of a Nationals bid.

The official "purpose" of The Koala is "To crush all your hopes and dreams with comedy."

The failure of the Revolution of 1848, however, crushed his hopes for Austroslavism.

Incredibly narcissistic, she is pined for by almost every male (teachers included) in the school, and delights in crushing their hopes.

Miami held a slim 4-3 lead but erupted for six runs in the top of the ninth to crush Maine's hopes.

It is always political suicide to forsake your base and crush its hopes and dreams.

Then the voice of the Calamarain spoke again, crushing all his hopes: "Enterprise is/was chaos-haven.