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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suffocate.

"I think the popular theory is that keeping the wart covered somehow "suffocates" it."

suffocated    suffocates    suffocating   

hurt    suffer    kill    dampen    stifle   

extinguish    die   

suffocated    choked    destroy    extinguish    asphyxiate