Suffocate

"Suffocate" in Hebrew

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

חנק

((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

נחנק

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

נחנק

((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

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