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