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suf·fo·cate
[suhf-uh-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
[suhf-uh-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 5. | to become suffocated; stifle; smother. |
| 6. | to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air. |
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| suf·fo·cate
(sŭf'ə-kāt') Pronunciation Key
v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v. tr.
v. intr.
[Latin suffōcāre, suffōcāt- : sub-, sub- + faucēs, throat.] suf'fo·ca'ting·ly adv., suf'fo·ca'tion n., suf'fo·ca'tive adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| suffocate | |
verb | |
| 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] |
| 2. | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" |
| 3. | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" |
| 4. | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" |
| 5. | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| 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] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
suf'fo·ca'tion n.
suf'fo·ca'tive adj.
suffocate suf·fo·cate (sŭf'ə-kāt')
v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates
- To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate.
- To suffer from lack of oxygen; to be unable to breathe.
suf'fo·ca'tion n.
suf'fo·ca'tive adj.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Suffocate
Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Suffocate
Suf"fo*cate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." --collier.
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