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(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
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(transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
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(transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
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(transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
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To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
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To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
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(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
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(intransitive) To die of suffocation.
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(intransitive, hyperbolic) To smother; to make breathing difficult.