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suffocate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf {Faucal}.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p. pr & vb n. {Suffocating}.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as to suffocate fire. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. ``A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.'' --collier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suffocate v 1: suffocate; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" [syn: {smother}, {asphyxiate}] 2: kill by constricting the throat and preventing from breathing; "Othello suffocated Desdemona with a pillow" [syn: {choke}] 3: obstruct the air passage of "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" 4: struggle for breath [syn: {gag}, {choke}]
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