how to pronounce тушить

/tʊˈʂɨtʲ/

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тушить is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of тушить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… будет тушить очистные сооружения …”

meanings of тушить

verb:

To turn off (light).
To suppress.
To stew, to braise (in cooking).
To quench.
To extinguish, to put out.

тушить frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word тушить occurs in russian on average 8.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.