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.

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