stall(pf of захлёбываться); splutter(водой • The drowning man was spluttering, trying to breathe.Рина Грант); choke one's self; sob; be smothered(об аттаке // A second attempt about 1130 on a narrower portion of the front reached the lower slopes of Hill 306 but was then smothered by fire, mainly from the north flank 4uzhoj)
