Suffocate
21suffocate — verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare to choke, stifle, from sub + fauces throat Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or… …
22suffocate — suffocatingly, adv. suffocation, n. suffocative, adj. /suf euh kayt /, v., suffocated, suffocating. v.t. 1. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. 2. to impede the… …
23suffocate — verb a) To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. b) To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body …
24suffocate — 1. To impede respiration; to asphyxiate. 2. To be unable to breathe; to suffer from asphyxiation. [L. suffoco (subf ), pp. atus, to choke, strangle] * * * suf·fo·cate səf ə .kāt vb, cat·ed; cat·ing vt 1 …
25suffocate — Synonyms and related words: OD, asphyxiate, bake, bar, barricade, be in heat, be killed, blaze, block, block up, blockade, bloom, boil, bolt, bottle up, broil, burke, burn, censor, chock, choke, choke off, clamp down on, close, close off, close… …
26suffocate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. smother, stifle, asphyxiate; choke; extinguish; strangle. See killing, death. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stifle, smother, strangle; see choke 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. smother, choke, stifle …
27suffocate — suf·fo·cate || sÊŒfÉ™keɪt v. smother, asphyxiate, kill by cutting of the oxygen supply; make it difficult to breathe; cause discomfort by cutting of the supply of fresh or cool air; stifle; be smothered …
28suffocate — verb die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe. ↘have or cause to have difficulty in breathing. Derivatives suffocating adjective suffocatingly adverb suffocation noun Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as suffocation): from L. suffocat …
29suffocate — v. a. 1. Stifle, smother, choke, strangle, kill (by stopping respiration). 2. Destroy, extinguish …
30suffocate — verb it appears that the victim has been suffocated with a bed pillow Syn: smother, asphyxiate, stifle; choke, strangle …
