потушавам — meaning in English

English meaning

• extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
• mortify verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
• quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
• quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
• repress verb To use force to stop an uprising, protest, or similar unrest from growing.
• smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
• 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.

Senses

потушавам is used for these senses in English:

• extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
• mortify (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]
• quash To defeat decisively, to suppress.
• quell (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
• repress (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
• smother (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
• squelch (transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
• stifle (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).

extinguish — full definition

1. verb To put out a fire or light.
2. verb To put a complete end to something, such as hope or a feeling.

mortify — full definition

1. verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
2. verb To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
3. verb To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
4. verb To affect with vexation or chagrin.

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