SUFFOCATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com SUFFOCATE definition: to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle See examples of suffocate used in a sentence
Suffocate - definition of suffocate by The Free Dictionary to kill, die, cause distress to or feel distress, through lack of air or the prevention of free breathing A baby may suffocate if it sleeps with a pillow; The smoke was suffocating him; May I open the window?
Suffocate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com When you suffocate, you struggle for breath, either because you’re being choked to death or because you’re in a stifling room You can also suffocate in a figurative sense anytime something is restricted
suffocate - WordReference. com Dictionary of English suf•fo•cate ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt v , -cat•ed, -cat•ing Pathology to kill by preventing the passage of air; strangle:[~ + object] The plastic bag must have suffocated the baby smother:[no object] The baby must have suffocated when the plastic bag went over its head
suffocate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary suffocate (third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated) (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body