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задавить

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Russian

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Etymology

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за- (za-) +‎ дави́ть (davítʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zədɐˈvʲitʲ]
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Verb

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задави́ть (zadavítʹpf (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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