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81deaden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. benumb; muffle; damp. See insensibility, impotence, silence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To reduce life or the evidence of life] Syn. blunt, impair, dull, numb, desensitize, repress, slow, paralyze,… …
82repress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. suppress, restrain, curb, control, quell, stifle, smother, crush. See restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. control, curb, check, inhibit; see hinder , restrain 1 , suppress . III (Roget s 3… …
83squelch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disconcert, discomfit, rout, crush; silence, stifle, muffle. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crush, oppress, thwart; see censure , suppress . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. squash,… …
84suffocate — suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle, smother, choke, strangle, throttle can all mean to interrupt the normal course of breathing. Suffocate commonly refers to conditions in which breathing is impossible through lack of available oxygen or through… …
85suffocate — suf•fo•cate [[t]ˈsʌf əˌkeɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) pat to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle 2) pat to impede the respiration of 3) to discomfort by a lack of fresh or… …
86Choke — (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the… …
87Choked — Choke Choke (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or… …
88Choking — Choke Choke (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or… …
89Strangle — Stran gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [ e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a… …
90Strangled — Strangle Stran gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [ e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. To compress the windpipe …
