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suffocate

How to sign: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor";

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Similiar / Same: asphyxiate, smother

Categories: kill

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