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suffocate
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Verb
  • struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
    • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
  • feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
    • The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
  • be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
    • The child suffocated under the pillow
  • suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
    • His job suffocated him
  • become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
    • He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
  • impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
  • 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
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