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Definition of Suffocate

1. Verb. Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. "They want to Suffocate the prisoners "; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

2. Verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

3. Verb. Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled. "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

4. Verb. Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of. "His job suffocated him"

5. Verb. Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. "The child suffocated under the pillow"

6. Verb. Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air. "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"

7. Verb. Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. "He swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

Definition of Suffocate

1. a. Suffocated; choked.

2. v. t. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

3. v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.

Definition of Suffocate

1. Verb. (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. ¹

2. Verb. (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body. ¹

3. Verb. (ergative figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suffocate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffocate

suffixlike suffixoid suffixoids sufflaminate sufflaminated sufflaminates sufflaminating sufflate sufflated sufflates

sufflating sufflation sufflations sufflue sufflues suffocate suffocated suffocates suffocateth suffocating

suffocatingly suffocation suffocations suffocative suffonsified suffonsify suffosion suffossion suffossions suffragan

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