подавлять — meaning in English
podavlyat
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English meaning
- crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- deject verb Make sad or dispirited.
- inhibit verb To slow down, restrain, or prevent something from happening freely.
- overpower verb To defeat or subdue someone using greater strength or force.
- overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
- 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.
- 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.
- stunt noun A dangerous or spectacular feat performed for entertainment, often in film.
- suppress verb To forcibly put an end to something, such as a rebellion or protest.
Senses
подавлять is used for these senses in English:
- crack down (idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.
- crush To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- deject (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
- hold down (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.
- inhibit (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
- overpower (transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
- overwhelm To cause to surround, to cover.
- quell (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
crush — full definition
- verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
- noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
- noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.
deject — full definition
- verb Make sad or dispirited.
- verb To cast downward.
- verb To debase or humble.