23
asphyxiate(verb, stop, get, cut, hit)
21
choke(verb, stop, restrain, block, curb)
20
strangle(verb, stop, get, hit, destroy)
18
smother(verb, stop, get, cover, hit)
16
stifle(verb, stop, restrain, block, suppress)
13
throttle(verb, block, kill, hide, contain)
11
drown(verb, get, hit, destroy, block)
10
gag(verb, stop, restrain, block, curb)
9
kill(verb, stop, destroy, restrain, block)
6
extinguish(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
6
strangulate(verb, block, kill, fill, stifle)
5
garrote(verb, get, hit, destroy, block)
5
quench(verb, hide, contain, conceal, retain)
4
hang(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
4
muzzle(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
4
quell(verb, hide, contain, conceal, retain)
4
stop the breath(expression, idiom, killing)
4
suppress(verb, stop, restrain, block, curb)
4
put out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, quench, snuff)
4
repress(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
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