tukahduttaa

Verbi

1. to smother, stifle, suffocate cause someone or something difficulty in breathing, e.g. due to heat, a wrapping or covering

   tukehduttaa, saada tukahtumaan (mm. tulipalosta, tartuntataudin leviämisestä)

2. to smother extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air

   estää (jotakuta) väkisin tekemästä (jotakin)

3. to quell, subdue, stifle, repress, suppress, restrain, quash

   vaientaa, tukkia turpa (joltakulta)

4. to muffle, stifle prevent from being released

   to muffle, stifle prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released