suffocate in English dictionary

  • suffocate

    Meanings and definitions of "suffocate"

    • (intransitive) To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
    • (intransitive) To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
    • (intransitive, figuratively) To be overwhelmed by a person or issue, surrounded as though being deprived of oxygen.
    • (transitive) To cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body.
    • (transitive) To kill a person or creature by depriving it of sufficient oxygen intake.
    • (transitive, figuratively) To make weary with excessive and prolonged contact, as though depriving of oxygen.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Suffocated; choked.
    • verb
      (ergative)
      To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
    • verb
      (ergative)
      To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
    • verb
      (ergative, figuratively)
      To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To destroy; to extinguish.
    • (intransitive) To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
    • (intransitive) To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body
    • (transitive) To cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body
    • (transitive) To kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake
    • verb
      become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
    • verb
      be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
    • verb
      impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
    • verb
      struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
    • verb
      suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"

    Synonyms of "suffocate" in English dictionary

    choke, expire, feel are the top synonyms of "suffocate" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of suffocate

    • suffocate ( third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated)
    • suffocate (comparative more suffocate, superlative most suffocate)
    • suffocate (third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated)
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