гасить

To crush, to beat up, to waste. It can mean to severely beat someone up, to eliminate or kill a target (common in criminal or action-movie contexts), to brutally suppress or roast someone in an argument, or to completely ignore or block someone.

В сталинские времена стояла задача по физическому истреблению инакомыслящих (политических), и то никто их не гасил в тюрьмах (расстрелы — тема отдельная), и не оформлял как несчастный случай.

In Stalin’s times, the task was to physically exterminate dissidents (political), and no one snuffed them in jail (shootings are a separate topic), only to declare it an accident.

(Владимир Николаевич @ google.ru, 04/2011)

To ghost, go into hiding, disappear and avoid contact, avoid responsibilities, dodge people, or hide away to escape notice.

Клиент гасился, 3 месяца не оплачивал перевозку и не забирал груз (а там оборудование на несколько мильонов). На связь выходил периодически и только по ватсапу.
Пришёл на днях. Спрашиваем мол чего так долго не забирали? Ответ: Я СИДЕЛ…

The client was ghosting us, didn’t pay for the shipping for 3 months, and didn’t pick up the cargo (which was worth several million). He only contacted us sporadically and only via WhatsApp. The other day he showed up. We asked him why he hadn’t picked it up for so long. His answer: “I was doing time…”

(Mumi_Troll @ twitter.com, 12/2020)