To overwhelm or bring down.
To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
To give up, or give in.
To die.
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
To destroy; to extinguish.
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.