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smother; burke; scrag; jugulate; stop breath (кого-либо); strangulate; choke off (до смерти); choke to death (кого-либо); choke the life out of (кого-либо); perfume; scent; asphyxiate; throttle; strangle (Police believe the victim was strangled.); smother (подушкой и т. п.; to smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe (= suffocate); to strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe: A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.  englishforums.com); stop one's breath (кого-л.); overlay |
