Thesaurus: suffocate

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1. a. Suffocated; choked.
2. v. t. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
3. v. t. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
4. v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
5. v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
6. v. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
7. v. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
8. v. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
9. v. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
10. v. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
11. v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
12. Suffocated; choked. Shak. 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.