Stifle

onderdrukken

(to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))

stikken

(to die of suffocation)

versmoren

(to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)

verstikken

(to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)