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suffocate

[ suhf-uh-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

suffocated, suffocating.
  1. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  2. to impede the respiration of.
  3. to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
  4. to overcome or extinguish; suppress.


verb (used without object)

suffocated, suffocating.
  1. to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
  2. to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.

suffocate

/ ˈʌəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious gases
  2. to block the air passages or have the air passages blocked
  3. to feel or cause to feel discomfort from heat and lack of air
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܴڴڴˈپDz, noun
  • ˈܴڴڴˌپԲ, adjective
  • ˈܴڴڴˌپԲly, adverb
  • ˈܴڴڴˌپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܴ·ڴ··Բ· adverb
  • ܴ·ڴ··پDz [suhf-, uh, -, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ܴ·ڴ··پ adjective
  • ܲ·ܴ·ڴ·· adjective
  • un·ܴ·ڴ··پ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of suffocate1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ܴڴōٳܲ (past participle of ܴڴō “to choke, stifle”), equivalent to suf- suf- + -ō- (combining form of fauc-, stem of ڲܳŧ “throat”) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of suffocate1

C16: from Latin ܴڴō, from sub- + ڲܳŧ throat
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Medical evidence about how Callum died was inconclusive, but Justice Eady said it was likely he had been suffocated possibly when wads of tissue paper were inserted into his mouth and throat.

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The Trojans would unleash their suffocating press on defense, sparking an 11-0 run to end the third quarter.

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A flashback shows the pair arguing over their living situation; he’s enthusiastic about relocating the family to the farmhouse, and she’s preemptively suffocating from seclusion’s effects on her work as an artist.

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USC made up for poor shooting with a suffocating defensive effort.

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Among Angola's Mucubal community, for example, custom demands that as a guest, he must sacrifice a goat in a way expected within the group – that is, by suffocating it.

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