Russian-English translations for задыха́ться

• smother
  to smother a fire with ashes
  The committees report was smothered
  beefsteak smothered with onions
• stifle
  The army stifled the rebellion
  The heat was stifling the children
  The heat felt stifling
• suffocate
  Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!
  He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.
  Im suffocating under this huge workload.
• asphyxiate
• choke
  Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish
  The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me
  to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
• gasp
  The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
  We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
  The old man gasped his last few words.
• pant
  Pant leg
• scrag