задавить

Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) + дави́ть (davítʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zədɐˈvʲitʲ]

Verb

задави́ть (zadavítʹ) pf (imperfective дави́ть or зада́вливать)

  1. to crush (to death)
  2. (car) to run over, to knock down
  3. (colloquial) to strangle
  4. (colloquial) to suppress, to crack down (on)
  5. to oppress, to exhaust
    нужда́ задави́ла кого́-либоnuždá zadavíla kovó-libosomeone is ravaged by poverty

Conjugation

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