задушавам се — meaning in English

English meaning

• smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
• stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
• suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.

Senses

задушавам се is used for these senses in English:

• smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
• smother (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
• stifle (intransitive) To die of suffocation.
• suffocate (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.

smother — full definition

1. verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
2. verb To suppress or hold back a feeling, reaction, or activity almost completely.
3. verb To cover something thickly, especially food, with a sauce, topping, or affection.

stifle — full definition

1. verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
2. verb To make breathing difficult, or to smother.
3. noun In horses and other four-legged animals, the joint on the hind leg that corresponds to the human knee.

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