The explosives would have released deadly chemical agent osmium tetroxide, which attacks the lungs and suffocates victims in seconds. |
When the suckers get bitten, the hagfishes exude slime which suffocates predators. |
It's there, this feeling, so strong it suffocates me with every breath I take. |
The story suffocates under endless speechifying and analysis in which each point is flogged to death. |