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заглушать — meaning in English

zaglushat

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English meaning

  • drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • muffle noun Something that softens or blocks out sound.
  • silence noun Complete absence of sound.

Senses

заглушать is used for these senses in English:

  • drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  • drown out (idiom) To cover, obscure, or overwhelm by being louder or more intense than.
  • kill (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
  • muffle (transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
  • silence (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.

drown — full definition

  1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

kill — full definition

  1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
  3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
  4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.
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