suffocate

v 1: suffocate; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" [syn:

{smother}, {asphyxiate}]

2: kill by constricting the throat and preventing from

breathing; "Othello suffocated Desdemona with a pillow"

[syn: {choke}]

3: obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly

suffocating the children"

4: struggle for breath [syn: {gag}, {choke}]