Suffocate

"Suffocate" in cmn

使窒息

shǐ zhìxī

((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

窒息

zhìxī

((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

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