задуши́ть — meaning in English

zadushit

English meaning

asphyxiate verb To stop someone breathing by cutting off their air supply.
choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
strangle verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.

задуши́ть is used for these senses in English:

asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
choke (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
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.

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.