Free and Suffocating

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Free verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).

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Suffocating is an antonym for free.

Nearby Words: freely, freed

Suffocating adjective - Lacking fresh air.

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Free is an antonym for suffocating in choke topic.

A minor side quest allows you to free a Goron from within the stone slab you used to melt the ice from Zora's Domain, but the Goron remains underwater after you free him, showing no signs of suffocating underwater and even doing a full dialog if you were to talk to him afterwards.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Also in the next episode where Marty has to threaten Citizen Brown with suffocating Young Doc to death in order to free him from imprisonment.

Source: Video Game / Back To The Future: The Game
The Warriors quietly built their team thru the draft and free agency, and later became known for their high-scoring perimeter offense (which featured "Splash Brothers" Steph Curry and Klay Thompson) and an underrated yet suffocating defense.

Source: Dork Age / Sports

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