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suffocate

suf·fo·cate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhf-uh-keyt]
    • /ˈsʌf əˌkeɪt/
    • /ˈsʌf.ə.keɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhf-uh-keyt]
    • /ˈsʌf əˌkeɪt/

Definitions of suffocate word

  • verb with object suffocate to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. 1
  • verb with object suffocate to impede the respiration of. 1
  • verb with object suffocate to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air. 1
  • verb with object suffocate to overcome or extinguish; suppress. 1
  • verb without object suffocate to become suffocated; stifle; smother. 1
  • verb without object suffocate to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air. 1

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Origin of suffocate

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
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

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Parts of speech for Suffocate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

suffocate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for suffocate

verb suffocate

  • asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
  • blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
  • breathe one's last — When someone breathes their last, they die.

Antonyms for suffocate

verb suffocate

  • loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.

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