suffocate (v.)
- asphyxiate
- bake
- bar
- barricade
- blaze
- block
- blockade
- bloom
- boil
- bolt
- broil
- burke
- burn
- censor
- chock
- choke
- close
- combust
- constrict
- cook
- cork
- crowd
- crush
- debar
- dog
- drown
- extinguish
- famish
- flame
- flare
- flicker
- flush
- fry
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- glow
- incandesce
- jam
- kill
- lock
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- pack
- pant
- parch
- quash
- quell
- quench
- repress
- roast
- scald
- scorch
- seethe
- silence
- simmer
- smash
- smolder
- smother
- spark
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stanch
- starve
- steam
- stew
- stifle
- strangle
- strangulate
- stultify
- subdue
- suppress
- sweat
- swelter
- throttle
- toast
- voice