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asphyxiate

verb as in cut off air

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She and others worry that it could be even trickier with CO2 — an odorless, asphyxiating gas.

That, in turn, causes them to “asphyxiate because their diaphragm has too much pressure on it.”

Gas stoves emit a variety of pollutants, including asphyxiating carbon monoxide, cancer-causing formaldehyde and benzene.

At least three inmates died after stuffing paper, sanitary napkins or other items down their throats, asphyxiating before anyone intervened.

More than 75,000 people have been arrested under the policy in just under two years, but entire communities have been freed from an asphyxiating degree of gang control.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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