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suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke
Type of	turn, become
Verb group	choke

suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

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

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

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

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Type	Words
Synonyms	asphyxiate, choke, stifle
Type of	close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude, jam, block
Derivation	suffocation, suffocative

suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke, gag, strangle
Type of	suffer, hurt
Derivation	suffocation, suffocative

suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke
Type of	stifle, dampen
Verb group	choke

His job suffocated him.

suffocate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/

feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

Type	Words
Type of	feel
Derivation	suffocative