Definition of suffocate
Verbs
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- Synonyms:
- asphyxiate, smother
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stifle
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- Type of:
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kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- Synonyms:
- asphyxiate, choke, stifle
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- Synonyms:
- choke
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
- Synonyms:
- asphyxiate, stifle
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smother
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
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strangle
die from strangulation
- Type of:
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buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
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feel
be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
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