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Definition of Suffocates
1. suffocate [v] - See also: suffocate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffocates
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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