Definition
v.
to kill by stranglingto throttleto suppress or smother (an idea, freedom, etc.)
Examples
- 扼杀。Zhè zhǒng shěnchá zhìdù huì è shā yánlùn zìyóu.This kind of censorship will stifle freedom of speech.
- 扼杀。Tā shìtú zài méngyá jiēduàn è shā nà ge jìhuà.He tried to strangle that plan in its infancy.
- 扼杀。Zhànzhēng è shā le wúshù wúgū de shēngmìng.War has snuffed out countless innocent lives.
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