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Verb
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
- The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- The child suffocated under the pillow
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
- 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