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suffocate Verb

— To suffocate is the action of dying from lack of air. The fish suffocated for lack of oxygen.

suffocate

— verb (= 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 — verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of The foul air was slowly suffocating the children — verb feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating — verb become stultified, suppressed, or stifled He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village — verb suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of His job suffocated him — verb (= asphyxiate) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen The child suffocated under the pillow — verb (= gag) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

Synonyms suffocate synonyms

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suffocate English » English

choke stifle smother asphyxiate strangle drown throttle suppress quell gag swelter strangulate squelch smoother quench be unable to breathe swallow suffocation stuffy spew slaughter short-winded scrag roast retch restrict repress quash overlay overdo oppress muffle hot glow gasp garrotte garrote garotte force back extinguish drown o.s. dampen confine choke on choke off choke down be strangled be smothered bake affect

Topics suffocate topics

What do people use suffocate to talk about?
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Person Life

Die
Person Life Die

Kill

Conjugation suffocate conjugation

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suffocate · verb

Examples suffocate examples

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Simple sentences

I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.
Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much heat that fish are beginning to suffocate.

Movie subtitles

But we'll suffocate.
They're gonna suffocate him?
Then we suffocate.
She is going to suffocate.
No, no, no, you'll suffocate. - There's no air, you'll choke.
Otherwise we'd suffocate.
We'll all suffocate before Lewis turns up.
He'd suffocate.
I don't want to suffocate.
We can empty the oxygen out of that section, and you will suffocate.
He might suffocate while you're counting it.
Any longer and your skin will suffocate.
I hope you suffocate!
We'll suffocate.
If you talk, you may suffocate even more.
I might add that you could suffocate for good.
If I don't sing, I'll suffocate.
I'll suffocate!
Let them suffocate.
You going to suffocate in there from lack of air.
Now we'll suffocate. Suffocate!
Suffocate!
Suffocate.
Quick, they gonna suffocate down there.
I might add that you could suffocate for good. Why are you here?
You know, in a small town like this, and especially with a family like ours, you could suffocate to death.
You're trying to kill me, trying to suffocate me.
But I have more experience, and I see where you are making mistakes. And now these your mistakes are accumulating and soon you will suffocate.
You're going to suffocate me.
Refuse, and every person on the bridge will suffocate.
I may cut off your oxygen and suffocate you.
I suffocate.
They suffocate in your dreams.
They suffocate in your dreams. - No.

News and current affairs

The struggling economies need lower borrowing costs, or they will suffocate economically (and political support for eurozone membership will evaporate).
Fish caught in nets by trawlers are dumped on board the ship and allowed to suffocate.
If a gnawing sense of ignorance kept us diving deeper in our quest to understand everything we encountered, we might suffocate in the details in one area and miss other areas completely.
Rigid rules and distant policymakers merely suffocate the animal spirits of the business class.
They may suffocate in the net, because, with their gills constricted, they cannot breathe.
Indeed, Kuwait refuses to forgive Iraq's Saddam-era debts, and is building a port at Mubarak al-Kabir, which Iraqis view as a naked attempt to suffocate Iraq's already limited access to the Persian Gulf.

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