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1. (v.t.) suffocate
to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
2. suffocate
to impede the respiration of.
3. suffocate
to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
4. suffocate
to smother or stifle; suppress:
students suffocated by rigid discipline.
5. (v.i.) suffocate
to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
6. suffocate
to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L suffōcātus, ptp. of suffōcāre to choke, stifle =suf-suf - +-fōcāre, v. der. of faucēs throat; see -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
2. (verb) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
3. (verb) suffocate, choke
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
4. (verb) suffocate, choke
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
"His job suffocated him"
5. (verb) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
6. (verb) suffocate
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
7. (verb) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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1. (verb) suffocate
to die or cause to die from lack of air
The fish were suffocating in the polluted pond.; Police suspected the parents had suffocated their baby.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) suffocate
suffocated; choked
2. (verb) suffocate
to choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother
3. (verb) suffocate
to destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire
4. (verb) suffocate
to become choked, stifled, or smothered
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Sense: to kill, die, cause distress to or feel distress, through lack of air or the prevention of free breathing
A baby may suffocate if it sleeps with a pillow; The smoke was suffocating him; May I open the window? I'm suffocating.
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 Afrikaans: versmoor |
 Arabic: يَخْنُق، يَخْتَنِق |
 Bulgarian: задушавам (се) |
 Brazilian: sufocar |
 Czech: (u)dusit (se) |
 German: ersticken |
 Danish: kvæle |
 Greek: πνίγω, πνίγομαι, ασφυκτιώ |
 Spanish: sofocar |
 Estonian: lämmatama, lämbuma |
 Farsi: خفه كردن |
 Finnish: tukehtua |
 French: étouffer |
 Hebrew: לַחֲנוֹק |
 Hindi: दम घोंटना, गला दबाना, दम |
 Croatian: udaviti, gušiti (se) |
 Hungarian: megfojt; megfullad |
 Indonesian: menyesakkan napas |
 Icelandic: kæfa; kafna |
 Italian: soffocare |
 Japanese: ～の息をとめる |
 Korean: 질식하다 |
 Lithuanian: (už)dusti, dusinti |
 Latvian: smakt; noslāpt; smacēt; n |
 Malay: melemaskan |
 Dutch: (ver)stikken |
 Norwegian: kvele(s), bli kvalt |
 Polish: dusić (się) |
 Persian: خفه كردن |
 Pashto: خپه کول |
 Portuguese: sufocar |
 Romanian: a seînăbuşi, a se sufoca |
 Russian: задохнуться; задыхаться |
 Slovak: (za)dusiť (sa) |
 Slovenian: zadušiti (se) |
 Serbian: ugušiti |
 Swedish: kväva, kvävas |
 Thai: ทำให้อึดอัดหายใจไม่ออก |
 Turkish: boğmak |
 Taiwanese: 窒息 |
 Ukrainian: душити; задихатися |
 Urdu: گلا گھونٹنا یا دم گھٹنا |
 Vietnamese: làm chết ngạt, làm nghẹt |
 Chinese: 窒息 |
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