breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | press firmly |
cause to retch or choke | squeeze or press together |
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | squeeze tightly between the fingers |
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
reduce the air supply | hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness |
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | press or force |
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | obtain by coercion or intimidation |
be too tight; rub or press | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
become or cause to become obstructed | |
wring the neck of | |
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
check or slow down the action or effect of | |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | |