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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