заглуши́ть — meaning in English
zaglushit
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English meaning
- deafen verb To cause someone to lose their hearing, briefly or for good.
- drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- jam noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- muffle noun Something that softens or blocks out sound.
- quieten verb To make quiet, or to become quiet.
- silence noun Complete absence of sound.
Senses
заглуши́ть is used for these senses in English:
- deafen (transitive) To make soundproof.
- 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.
- jam To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- 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.
- quieten (transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Irish) To make quiet.
- silence (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
deafen — full definition
- verb To cause someone to lose their hearing, briefly or for good.
- verb To render something soundproof.
- verb To overwhelm someone with a very loud noise.
drown — full definition
- verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.
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