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suffocate

verb

1 suffocate

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.

2 suffocate

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.

synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, stifle.

Roget 361: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, ... show more

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3 suffocate

Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.

synonym: choke.

4 suffocate

Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of:
— His job suffocated him.

synonym: choke.

5 suffocate

Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen:
— The child suffocated under the pillow.

synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle.

Dutch: verstikken, stikken

6 suffocate

Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air.

7 suffocate

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.

synonyms: choke, gag, strangle.


Moby thesaurus: OD, asphyxiate, bake, bar, barricade, be in heat, be killed, blaze, block, block up, blockade, bloom, boil, bolt, bottle up, broil, burke, burn, censor, chock ... show more.

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