pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
disappear or come to an end | cause to retch or choke |
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense) | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake |
stop operating or functioning | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
lose sparkle or bouquet | reduce the air supply |
to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
cut or shape with a die | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of |
be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled |
languish as with love or desire | be too tight; rub or press |
feel indifferent towards | become or cause to become obstructed |
suffer or face the pain of death | 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 |