ALL meanings of suffocate
suf·fo·cate
S s - transitive verb suffocate kill by depriving of oxygen 1
- intransitive verb suffocate die from lack of oxygen 1
- 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
- verb suffocate If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. 0
- verb suffocate If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. 0
- verb suffocate You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. 0
- verb suffocate to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious gases 0
- verb suffocate to block the air passages or have the air passages blocked 0
- verb suffocate to feel or cause to feel discomfort from heat and lack of air 0
- verb transitive suffocate to kill by cutting off the supply of oxygen to the lungs, gills, etc. 0
- verb transitive suffocate to hinder the free breathing of; deprive of fresh air; stifle; choke 0
- verb transitive suffocate to smother, suppress, extinguish, etc. by or as by cutting off the supply of air 0
- intransitive verb suffocate to die by being suffocated 0
- intransitive verb suffocate to be unable to breathe freely; choke; stifle; smother 0
- intransitive verb suffocate to be unable to develop properly as because of a repressive or dulling environment 0