smother;make breathing difficult or impossible
suppress
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a yawn"
"Stifle your curiosity"
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
He almost stifled her with caresses.
出自: H. Martineau
The air was stifling me and I longed for the open.
出自: W. Golding