suffocate
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Is suffocate a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of suffocate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.Examples: "Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!"; "It is because of freedom, one netizen replied: Like air, you may not realize its importance, but when suffocating, you would know how precious it is."Synonyms: asphyxiate, chokeergative
2. (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.Examples: "He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head."; "Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate."Synonyms: stifle, choke, asphyxiate, choke, smotherergative
3. (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.Examples: "I'm suffocating under this huge workload."; "If the trend to private cars continues, the more quickly will the road traffic suffocate itself, [...]."Synonyms: drown, asphyxiate, choke, stifleergativefiguratively
4. (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.Examples: "to suffocate fire"transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete, as a participle) Suffocated, choked.obsolete
2. (obsolete) Smothered, overwhelmed.Examples: "This chaos, when degree is suffocate, follows the choking"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary