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English to English verb
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |  | Example: Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
source: wordnet30
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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | | Example: The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
source: wordnet30
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be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | | Example: The child suffocated under the pillow
source: wordnet30
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To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.] | | source: webster1913
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