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asphyxiate

verb
  1. to be starved of oxygen, usually by force or circumstance
    “I was nearly asphyxiated by that seatbelt!”
    stifle
  2. to impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    “The victime was asphyxiated.”
    stifle
  3. to deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
    “They asphyxiated the victim by strangulation.”
    smother