Antonyms for breathe
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1. breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireverb

   draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

   "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, sigh, take a breath, take a breather, rest

2. breatheverb

   be alive

   "Every creature that breathes"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

3. breatheverb

   impart as if by breathing

   "He breathed new life into the old house"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

4. breatheverb

   allow the passage of air through

   "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

5. breatheverb

   utter or tell

   "not breathe a word"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

6. breatheverb

   manifest or evince

   "She breathes the Christian spirit"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

7. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb

   take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

   Synonyms:
   take a breather, stay, respire, emit, perch, pass off, suspire, rest, repose, lie, remain, reside, catch one's breath, take a breath, pillow, roost

8. breatheverb

   reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked

   "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"

   Synonyms:
   respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

9. emit, breathe, pass offverb

   expel (gases or odors)

   Synonyms:
   evanesce, take a breather, fleet, fall out, respire, go on, hap, let loose, fade, blow over, pass off, let out, suspire, rest, happen, emit, take place, occur, give off, utter, catch one's breath, take a breath, pass, come about, give out

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1. breatheverb

   Synonyms:
   respire, inhale and exhale, infuse, wheeze, suspire, sigh, gasp, pant, aspirate, exhale, emit

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1. BREATHE

   Synonyms:
   Base Rest Rate Elevation for Sleep Apnea Therapy

How to use breathe in a sentence?

1. Trisha Ekdahl:

   He was leaving the scene and they shot the car up, and he told his other brother I can’t breathe. I can't breathe.

2. Laurel Golden:

   I get these emails two to three times a week sometimes from Chicago Public Schools, and it says there's been an exposure in the school -- and if you need to take further action, you'll get a further email, then I breathe a sigh of relief when I see it's not for one of our classrooms.

3. Colin Wayne:

   Due to the force of the blast I suffered a concussion and I remember yelling for a medic but nobody was around me. It was pitch black, I couldnt see my hand in front of my face, my leg was throbbing in pain, I could barely breathe due to the massive amount of debris in the air. After a few minutes, two soldiers came in and got me, but those [four to five]minutes felt like hours. So coming back stateside, I have been told by family members that I was a lot more distant and that I had changed some.

4. Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez:

   I know that when Freddie Gray was placed inside that van, Freddie Gray was able to talk, upset, and when Freddie Gray was taken out of that van, Freddie Gray could not talk and Freddie Gray could not breathe.

5. Family Jin Sun-mee:

   Please stop, please report it. Women are humans with souls who can be our colleagues, friends or sisters who live and breathe next to us.

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