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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
suffocate
v 1: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello
smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated
herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the
floor" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn:
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
3: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating
--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
[syn: suffocate, choke]
4: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His
job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke]
5: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle,
asphyxiate]
6: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot
and stuffy and we were suffocating"
7: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke,
strangle, suffocate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare
to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]
Suffocated; choked. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to
smother.
[1913 Webster]
Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i.
To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling
discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage."
--collier.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for suffocate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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