heb: חנק

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Meaning
means	(noun) an obsolete name for nitrogen azote
means	(noun) a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas asphyxia
means	(noun) a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues atomic number 7, nitrogen, N
means	(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" throttle, strangulate, strangle
means	(verb) constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air strangulate
means	(verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing strangle, choke
means	(verb) kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" drown
means	(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" smother, suffocate, asphyxiate