'Suffocate' definitions:
Definition of 'suffocate'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
verb
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
verb
Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating --living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [syn: suffocate, choke]
verb
Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke]
verb
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate]
verb
Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
verb
Definition of 'Suffocate'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suffocate'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]
- 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. [1913 Webster]
- Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suffocate'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." --collier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffocate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asphyxiate,
- bake,
- bar,
- barricade,
- be in heat,
- be killed,
- blaze,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bloom,
- boil,
- bolt,
- bottle up,
- broil,
- burke,
- burn,
- censor,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- combust,
- constrict,
- cook,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crowd,
- crush,
- damp down,
- debar,
- dog,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fry,
- gag,
- garrote,
- gasp,
- glow,
- hold down,
- incandesce,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lock,
- muzzle,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- OD,
- pack,
- pant,
- parch,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put out,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- radiate heat,
- repress,
- roast,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- silence,
- simmer,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smolder,
- smother,
- smothering,
- smudgy,
- snuff out,
- spark,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- starve,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocating,
- suppress,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- throttle,
- toast,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- voice