suffocate
IPA: sˈʌfʌkeɪt
verb
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
adjective
- (obsolete) Suffocated; choked.
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Examples of "suffocate" in Sentences
- Others suffocated in the mayhem.
- The soldier suffocates the baby.
- They can desiccate and will eventually suffocate.
- The short trip becomes interminable as the men slowly suffocate to death.