to suffocate
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6.1
- verb
- /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/
- NSFW
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asfixiar
- The trapped miners feared they would suffocate if rescue did not come soon.
The the fact that you can't breathe and you and that you are suffocating to death.
- The the fact that you can't breathe and you and that you are suffocating to death.
- So no, no oxygen goes to your brain and you suffocate to death while you're while you're unconscious.
- It's my most ancient nightmare is being suffocated.
- But the neem oil is actually what coats the coats the beetle itself and can suffocate them much like the insecticidal soap can.
- Or if they're going to, well, I would say drown but suffocate if the water gets any lower.
- So it started going around the the saw in order to, you know, suffocate it, thinking that saw is attacking it.
- Throw it on the nigga face, Suffocate them.
- And if you're not constantly cleaning it, you can suffocate or suck a big piece of mucus into your lungs.
Examples
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If they block the airflow completely, the person inside could suffocate very quickly.
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Two of the women and all 11 children seeking shelter in the cellar had suffocated.
Academic text (2004) -
Even a completely calm person will suffocate... in four minutes without oxygen.
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No, but we do train our kids in school how to not suffocate and how not to drown.
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I could have suffocated in that box.
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I was going to suffocate if I didn't make drastic changes in my life.
Fiction book (1996) -
Every creature in the sea knew they were doomed if they stayed in the water, but outside of it they'd suffocate.
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So no, no oxygen goes to your brain and you suffocate to death while you're while you're unconscious.
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Our oxygen would be depleted and we would suffocate; this trench would become just what it seemed: a grave...
Fiction book (1993) -
In winter or on rainy days, the mist turned to a suffocating pea-soup fog.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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3.7
To be unable to breathe because something blocks the throat or neck
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6.4
To stop someone breathing by covering their nose and mouth
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9.3
To prevent a person or animal from breathing by taking away air
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6.6
To stop a person from breathing so they cannot get air
Antonyms
Idioms
How Breathless
- Offensive
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6.2
- Specialized
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9.3
- NSFW
81
6.1
- NSFW
264
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suffocate comes from the Latin verb suffocare, made of sub- meaning 'under' and an old word for the throat, so it once meant to press down 'under the throat' and stop breathing. That's why suffocate today means to be unable to breathe or to make someone stop breathing.