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ersticken

(er verb)
based on: sticken
ist erstickt
erstickte

Meanings

1.
to suffocate, to asphyxiate
(The verb does relate to "to stick" but it's not clear how it changed from stabbing to suffocating. The spoken past can be with "haben" and "sein" depending on whether there is a direct object.)

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