зада́вливать

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verbimperfective perfective is задави́ть

1.
to run over (with a vehicle)
Води́тели ча́сто зада́вливают еже́й на э́той доро́ге.
Drivers often run over hedgehogs on this road.
Imperfective; the perfective задавить is far more common.
2.
to crush, to squash, to crush to death
Обва́лы не раз зада́вливали шахтёров.
Cave-ins have crushed miners more than once.
3.
(rare) to strangle, to throttle
Лиса зада́вливает кур одну́ за другой.
The fox strangles the hens one after another.
Typically of a predator killing prey.

Examples

Он часто задавливает жуков на дорожке.
He often crushes bugs on the path.
Не задавливай котёнка, он совсем маленький!
Don't crush the kitten—it's so tiny!
Водители нередко задавливают ежей ночью на трассе.
Drivers often run over hedgehogs on the highway at night.

Imperative
ты	зада́вливай
вы	зада́вливайте

Active present	зада́вливающий	crushing, overwhelming, stifling, suppressing
Active past	зада́вливавший	crushing, oppressing, suppressing, overwhelming
Passive present	задавливаемый	being crushed, being suppressed, being overwhelmed, being stifled
Passive past	-
Gerund present	зада́вливая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	задавливав задавливавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вда́вливать	в-	to press
выда́вливать	вы-	to squeeze out
зада́вливать	за-	to run over (with a vehicle); to crush; to strangle
отда́вливать	от-	to pinch

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