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English to English adjective
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Suffocated; choked. |  | source: webster1913 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
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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | | Example: The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
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become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | | Example: He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
source: wordnet30
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suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | | Example: His job suffocated him
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be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | | Example: The child suffocated under the pillow
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feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | | Example: The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | | Example: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
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To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
To become choked, stifled, or smothered. | | source: webster1913
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