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