Suffocate

"Suffocate" in Japanese

窒息させる

chissoku saseru

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

窒息する

chissoku suru

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

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