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suffocate

verb

/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/

Meaning

to cause someone to die or have difficulty breathing by depriving them of air

The child nearly suffocated when trapped in the locked room.

feel suffocated

choke, smother, stifle, asphyxiate, strangle

breathe, inhale, ventilate

suffocate in smoke, suffocate under pressure, suffocate slowly, suffocate with love

to cease moving or operating; to halt; to prevent

to encircle or bind with a belt or band; to prepare oneself for something difficult

to engage in plots or schemes, usually for harmful or evil purposes

to bring something back to its original or former condition

to apply force to move something away from oneself

to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner