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suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, stifle |
| Type of | go, kick the bucket, expire, pass away, give-up the ghost, pass, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, snuff it, choke, conk, pop off, croak, perish, decease, die, drop dead, exit |
| Has types | strangle |
| Verb group | asphyxiate, smother |
| Derivation | suffocative, suffocation |
The child suffocated under the pillow.
suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, smother |
| Type of | kill |
| Verb group | stifle, asphyxiate |
| Derivation | suffocation |
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | feel |
| Derivation | suffocative |
Examples of suffocate
suffocate
More than once, several times, I was tempted to use the pillow to suffocate him.
From the theatlantic.com
An excess of the nutrient there can cause dead zones that suffocate marine life.
From the newscientist.com
This would cut unnecessary bureaucracy which can suffocate innovation at source.
From the guardian.co.uk
It meant that even when Messi was dropping deep, Pepe was there to suffocate him.
From the telegraph.co.uk
As sewage breaks down in the water, oxygen is removed, causing fish to suffocate.
From the guardian.co.uk
The birds do not suffocate but die painlessly as they breathe the gases, he said.
From the kentucky.com
When the Buccaneers could suffocate a team, and Jon Gruden had all the answers?
From the usatoday.com
A healthy Gator defense figures to suffocate Georgia's one-dimensional offense.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Marine life that can't swim or scuttle away from these lethal zones suffocate.
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- Smother: 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"
- Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
- Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
- Gag: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
- (suffocating) smothering: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
- "Suffocate" is a track by UK rock band Feeder re-recorded from their 1997 album Polythene, and was released as an in-between single to bridge the gap between the then-current album, and its follow-up Yesterday Went Too Soon. ...
