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Yes, suffocate is playable

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"Suffocate" Definition

verb-intransitive

To become or feel suppressed; be stifled.
To die from lack of air or oxygen; be asphyxiated.
To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.

verb-transitive

To cause discomfort to by or as if by cutting off the supply of fresh air.
To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate.
To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.
To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle: "The rigid formality of the place suffocated her” ( Thackeray).

verb

To stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation).
To deprive of oxygen.
To make uncomfortable by want of fresh air.
To impede or stop the development of.
to become .

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