suffocates
Blocks all breath
Suffocates is the third-person singular of suffocate—to die or kill by cutting off air supply.
Someone suffocates when they can't breathe: The pillow suffocates him.
Figuratively, anything that feels oppressively restrictive suffocates: The bureaucracy suffocates innovation.
A relationship or environment that feels smothering suffocates those trapped in it.
Obstructs the throat
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
- asphyxiatesKills by oxygen deprivation
- gaspsSharp sudden breaths
- wheezesWhistling respiratory sounds
strangles · breathless · airless · oxygen · airways · lungs · inhale · exhale
Stops from speaking
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- quashesSuppresses or annuls
- squelchesForcibly silences or suppresses
- muzzlesAnimal face fronts
censors · stifles · inhibits · restrains · subdues · dampens · extinguishes · smothers
chokes
Obstructs the throat
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
- asphyxiatesKills by oxygen deprivation
- gaspsSharp sudden breaths
wheezes · strangles · breathless · airless · oxygen · airways · lungs · inhale · exhale · respiration
silences
Stops from speaking
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- quashesSuppresses or annuls
- squelchesForcibly silences or suppresses
muzzles · censors · stifles · inhibits · restrains · subdues · dampens · extinguishes · smothers · crushes
overwhelms
Conquers by superior force
burdens · smothers · trapped · anxiety · panic · despair · claustrophobic · constricting · drowning · heaviness
extinguishes
Causes to stop burning
dousing · quenching · flames · embers · combustion · snuffs · dampens · covers · airless · fireproof
suffocatesbreathes
Inhales and exhales
respires · oxygenates · resuscitates · ventilates · inhales
suffocatesliberates
Sets free from captivity
frees · releases · emancipates · nurtures · unshackles
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