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suffocates

 
Verb suffocate has 7 senses
  1. smother, asphyxiate, suffocate - 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"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived form: noun suffocation1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to suffocate the prisoners
  2. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
    --2 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Derived form: noun suffocation2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. suffocate, choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
    --3 is one way to become, turn
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. suffocate, choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
    --4 is one way to stifle, dampen
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
    --5 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
    Derived form: noun suffocation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  6. suffocate - feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
    --6 is one way to
    feel
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. gag, choke, strangle, suffocate - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
    --7 is one way to suffer, hurt
    Derived form: noun suffocation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s on something
    Somebody ----s PP
suffix notation suffixation suffixe suffixes suffixs-abase suffle suffocate suffocated suffocates suffocating suffocation suffocative suffolk suffragan suffragan bishop suffrage suffragette

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