SUFFOCATED Synonyms

• held in check with difficulty

• completely covered

• held in check with difficulty

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

• a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

• be too tight; rub or press

• wring the neck of

• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

• check or slow down the action or effect of

• become or cause to become obstructed

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• reduce the air supply

• cause to retch or choke

• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

• joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

• a confused multitude of things

• a stifling cloud of smoke

• envelop completely

• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• form an impenetrable cover over

• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

• prevent from speaking out

• be too tight; rub or press

• tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

• make jokes or quips

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• cause to retch or choke

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• die from strangulation

• prevent the progress or free movement of

• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake