breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase |
cause to retch or choke | destroy a vitally essential quality of or in |
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | cause to cease operating |
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | tire out completely |
reduce the air supply | end or extinguish by forceful means |
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | drink down entirely |
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly |
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | cause the death of, without intention |
be too tight; rub or press | deprive of life |
become or cause to become obstructed | hit with great force |
wring the neck of | hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games |
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration |
check or slow down the action or effect of | be the source of great pain for |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | thwart the passage of |
| be fatal |