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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
(verb) stifle, asphyxiate
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow
(verb) choke
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
His job suffocated him
(verb) choke
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
(verb) choke, stifle, asphyxiate
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
(verb) smother, asphyxiate
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow; The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor