3
smolder
3
smothering
3
suffocating
3
swelter(verb, burn, sweat, perspire)
2
assassinate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
2
bake(sweat, perspire)
2
bar(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
blaze
2
block(kill, fill, stifle, negate, smother)
2
boil(sweat, perspire)
2
choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
choking
2
clog(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
close(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
close up(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
cloy(verb, redundancy)
2
congest(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
constrict(block, kill, fill, stifle, smother)
2
cork(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
2
croak(succumb, expire, perish)
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