suffocate

1. a. Suffocated; choked. Source: opted

2. v. t. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Source: opted

3. v. t. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. Source: opted

4. v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. Source: opted

5. v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing Source: wordnet

6. v. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of Source: wordnet

7. v. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled Source: wordnet

8. v. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of Source: wordnet

9. v. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen Source: wordnet

10. v. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air Source: wordnet

11. v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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