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гаси́ть — meaning in English

gasit

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English meaning

  • douse verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  • extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.

Senses

гаси́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • douse (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
  • extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  • put out To extinguish (fire).
  • turn off (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

douse — full definition

  1. verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  2. verb To put out a flame or light.

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.

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