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v. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.

v. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate.

v. To cause discomfort to by or as if by cutting off the supply of fresh air.

v. To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle: "The rigid formality of the place suffocated her” ( Thackeray).

verb-intransitive. To die from lack of air or oxygen; be asphyxiated.

verb-intransitive. To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.

verb-intransitive. To become or feel suppressed; be stifled.

v. To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

v. To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.

v. To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.

adj. Suffocated; choked.

v. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

v. To destroy; to extinguish.

verb-intransitive. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.

To kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills.

To impede respiration in; compress so as to prevent respiration.

To stifle; smother; extinguish: as, to suffocate fire or live coals.

Synonyms Stifle, Strangle, etc. See smother.

To become choked, stifled, or smothered: as, we are suffocating in this close room.

Suffocated; choked.

v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

v. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

v. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

v. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

v. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

v. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

"Since we learned last week that Gia had the maid bottle feed her baby at night so the little vampire won't "suffocate" her for milk."

suffocated    suffocates    suffocating   

hurt    suffer    kill    dampen    stifle    impede    occlude    block    jam    obturate   

extinguish    die   

suffocated    choked    destroy    extinguish    asphyxiate    stifle    smother    drown