to obstruct
breath
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suffocate
to suffocate, suffocating
烟 使 他 窒息。
The smoke made him suffocate.
他 被 窒息 而 死。
He suffocated to death.
没有 空气， 他 开始 窒息。
Without air, he started to suffocate.