Words · Familiar
suffocate
/ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/ · 9 letters · 8 distinct letters
- verb
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
- verb
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
He is suffocating, living at home with his aged parents in the small village
- verb
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
His job suffocated him
- verb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow