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verb (used with object)
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)
5.
to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
6.
to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.
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Suffocation
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin suffōcātus (past participle of suffōcāre to choke, stifle), equivalent to suf- suf- + -fōc- (combining form of fauc-, stem of faucēs throat) + -ātus -ate1
1520–30; < Latin suffōcātus (past participle of suffōcāre to choke, stifle), equivalent to suf- suf- + -fōc- (combining form of fauc-, stem of faucēs throat) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
suf·fo·cat·ing·ly, adverb
suf·fo·ca·tion, noun
suf·fo·ca·tive, adjective
un·suf·fo·cat·ed, adjective
un·suf·fo·ca·tive, adjective
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Word Origin & History
suffocation
1460 (implied in pp. adj. suffocate), from M.Fr. suffocation, from L. suffocationem (nom. suffocatio) "a choking, stifling," from suffocatus, pp. of suffocare "suffocate," originally "to narrow up," from sub "up (from under)" + fauces (pl.) "throat, narrow entrance."
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