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suffocate

verb
  1. struggle for breath
    choke
  2. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
  3. be asphyxiated
    stifle
  4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
    “Their job suffocated them.”
    choke
  5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
    choke
  6. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    stifle
  7. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
    smother