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Etymology

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First attested in 1876 (The Well-Meant Speeches by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin). From dialectal засилить (zasilitʹ, to noose (a bird); to tie to) +‎ -ье (-ʹje), from за- (za-) +‎ си́лить (sílitʹ, to net; to force), from си́ла (síla). Compare with Belarusian засі́лле (zasíllje), Ukrainian заси́лля (zasýllja).

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Noun

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заси́лье (zasílʹjen inan (genitive заси́лья, nominative plural заси́лья, genitive plural заси́лий)

  1. harmful domination (of someone or something somewhere), stranglehold
  2. (dialectal) power, force

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