Definition of Suffocates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of suffocate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suffocates

1. suffocate [v] - See also: suffocate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffocates

suffixoids
sufflaminate
sufflaminated
sufflaminates
sufflaminating
sufflate
sufflated
sufflates
sufflating
sufflation
sufflations
sufflue
sufflues
suffocate
suffocated
suffocates (current term)
suffocateth
suffocating
suffocatingly
suffocation
suffocations
suffocative
suffonsified
suffonsify
suffosion
suffossion
suffossions
suffragan
suffragan bishop
suffragans

Literary usage of Suffocates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Some Strange Corners of Our Country: The Wonderland of the Southwest by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1892)
"The sand-storm suffocates its vic- VIEW AMONG THE CACTI. tims and buries them—perhaps to uncover them again only after the lapse of years. ..."

2. The Greatest Works of the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern (1894)
"Suppressed grief suffocates raging within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. THE LOVE OF FAME. The love of fame usually puts spurs to the ..."

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