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erdrücken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.

Senses

erdrücken is used for these senses in English:

  • stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

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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