unterdrücken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- mince noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
- oppress verb To control or treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly, often by force.
- 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.
- suppress verb To forcibly put an end to something, such as a rebellion or protest.
Senses
unterdrücken is used for these senses in English:
- bottle up (idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
- choke (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- hold down (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.
- mince (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- oppress (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- put down To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- quell (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
- repress (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
choke — full definition
- verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
- verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
- noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.
mince — full definition
- noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
- verb To chop food into very small pieces.
- verb To soften or hold back one's words so as not to offend (usually in "not mince words").
- verb To walk with small, affected, dainty steps.