Definition of suffocate

adjective (a)

• Suffocated; choked. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)

  Synonym: asphyxiate, smother
  

  Example:
  The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

  Synonym: asphyxiate, choke, stifle
  

  source: wordnet30
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (verb.change)

  Synonym: choke
  

  source: wordnet30
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb.change)

  Example:
  His job suffocated him.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

  Synonym: asphyxiate, stifle
  

  Example:
  The child suffocated under the pillow.
  

  source: wordnet30
• feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air (verb.body)

  source: wordnet30
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)

  Synonym: choke, gag, strangle
  

  source: wordnet30
• To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become choked, stifled, or smothered. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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