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Verbs
1. (verb) asphyxiate, smother, suffocate;
  - 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”;

2. (verb) asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate;
  - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
  - “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”;

3. (verb) choke, suffocate;
  - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
  - “He is suffocating–living at home with his aged parents in the small village”;

4. (verb) choke, suffocate;
  - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
  - “His job suffocated him”;

5. (verb) asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate;
  - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
  - “The child suffocated under the pillow”;

6. (verb) suffocate;
  - feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
  - “The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating”;

7. (verb) choke, gag, strangle, suffocate;
  - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
  - “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”;