breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | end resistance, as under pressure or force |
cause to retch or choke | consent reluctantly |
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | be willing to concede |
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | cease opposition; stop fighting |
reduce the air supply | be flexible under stress of physical force |
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | give or supply |
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | cause to happen or be responsible for |
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | move in order to make room for someone for something |
be too tight; rub or press | bring in |
become or cause to become obstructed | give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another |
wring the neck of | be the cause or source of |
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | give in, as to influence or pressure |
check or slow down the action or effect of | be fatally overwhelmed |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | |