Related / Similar Words:
gag, choke, strangle, stifle, asphyxiate, smother Definition: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged";feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating";be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow";suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him";become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village";impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children";deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor";
Hyponyms: strangle Grouped Verbs: smother, asphyxiate, choke, stifle Entailments: cover Derivational Morphology:
suffocation, asphyxiation, choking, asphyxia
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