9
asphyxiation
7
choking(noun, strangling, throttling, asphyxiation)
6
asphyxia(noun, death, strangling, asphyxiation)
6
strangulation(noun, killing)
5
choke
5
garrote
5
killing
5
smother
5
smothering(noun, choking, strangling, throttling)
3
strangling
2
watery grave(expression, idiom, death)
1
violent death(expression, idiom, death)
1
abolishment
1
abolition
1
annihilation
1
annulment
1
burking
1
choking off
1
deracination
1
disease
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