1 (act of) extinguishing 2 (act of) quelling, stifling 3 (act of) choking, smothering, strangling, suffocating, throttling 4 suffocation 5 (act of) quashing, repressing, suppressing 6 suppression 7 (with def. art.) asthma 8 (act of) smothering, charging down (in rugby)