задушити

From за- (za-) +‎ души́ти (dušýty). Compare Russian задуши́ть (zadušítʹ), Belarusian задушы́ць (zadušýcʹ), Polish zadusić.

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задуши́ти • (zadušýty) pf (imperfective заду́шувати) (transitive)

1. to strangle, to throttle (to kill by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply)
2. to suffocate, to asphyxiate, to choke, to smother, to stifle (to cause to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply; to obstruct the respiration of)
3. (figuratively) to suffocate (to overwhelm)
4. (figuratively) to smother, to stifle (to reduce to a low degree of vigour or activity; to hold back, or repress)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “задушити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “задушити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “задушити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “задушити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “задушити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “задушити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “задушити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)