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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

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

deject — full definition

  1. verb Make sad or dispirited.
  2. verb To cast downward.
  3. verb To debase or humble.

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