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- pronunciation:
- suh
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keIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
suffocates, suffocating, suffocated |
| definition 1: |
to kill by not allowing to take in oxygen; smother.
The murderer suffocated the victim with a pillow.- similar words:
- asphyxiate, smother, stifle
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| definition 2: |
to make respiration difficult for.
The disease suffocates those who suffer from it.- similar words:
- choke
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| definition 3: |
to make uncomfortable by keeping in hot or stuffy air.
I was suffocating up in that attic. |
| definition 4: |
to suppress the development or expression of.
Strict schools can suffocate children's imaginations. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to die from lack of oxygen.
- similar words:
- asphyxiate, smother, stifle
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| definition 2: |
to be smothered, stifled, suppressed, or deprived of cool fresh air.
- similar words:
- choke, stew, stifle
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| derivations: |
suffocative (adj.), suffocatingly (adv.), suffocation (n.) |
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