потискам — meaning in English
potiskam
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English meaning
- crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- depress verb To make someone feel sad, low, or hopeless.
- oppress verb To control or treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly, often by force.
- persecute verb To treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a long period, often because of their race, religion, or beliefs.
- quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- squash noun A racquet sport played in a walled court with a small rubber ball.
- squelch verb To suppress or put a stop to something firmly, often suddenly.
- stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
- suppress verb To forcibly put an end to something, such as a rebellion or protest.
Senses
потискам is used for these senses in English:
- crush To oppress or grievously burden.
- depress To make depressed, sad or bored.
- domineer (transitive) To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
- oppress (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- persecute To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- quell (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
- smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- squash (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
crush — full definition
- verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
- noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
- noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.
depress — full definition
- verb To make someone feel sad, low, or hopeless.
- verb To push something down, or to reduce activity or value (especially in an economy).