asfixiar

En Occidente oímos hablar de vagones de gaseamiento en los que se asfixiaba a judíos y opositores políticos.	We of the Western world heard of gas wagons in which Jews and political opponents were asphyxiated.
El rey se asfixiaba con la presión que ejercían los señores feudales.	The king suffocated under the pressure of the feudal lords.
Un niño con un tumor a quien nadie ayudaba y que se asfixiaba.	A child with a tumor that nobody helped, who was slowly suffocating.
El steward se asfixiaba bajo las poderosas manos de Ned Land.	The steward was choking in the grip of those powerful hands.
La gente compraba algo con tarjetas de crédito y se asfixiaba con la deuda.	People would use their credit cards to buy something and would be suffocated by debt.
Antes se asfixiaba con sus doscientos mil afiliados; ahora respira con sus dos millones y medio de votantes.	It was suffocating with its two hundred thousand members—now it breathes with its two and a half million voters.
En el siglo XIX cuando la gente se asfixiaba con el hollín de las oscuras y diabólicas fábricas, los urbanistas decidieron llevarse las casas lejos de las fábricas.	When in the 19th century people were choking from the soot of the dark, satanic mills, the planners said, hey, let's move the housing away from the mills.