Suffocate - definition of suffocate by The Free Dictionary to kill, die, cause distress to or feel distress, through lack of air or the prevention of free breathing A baby may suffocate if it sleeps with a pillow; The smoke was suffocating him; May I open the window?
SUFFOCATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Suffocate definition: to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle See examples of SUFFOCATE used in a sentence
Suffocate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com When you suffocate, you struggle for breath, either because you’re being choked to death or because you’re in a stifling room You can also suffocate in a figurative sense anytime something is restricted
suffocate - WordReference. com Dictionary of English suf•fo•cate ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt v , -cat•ed, -cat•ing Pathology to kill by preventing the passage of air; strangle:[~ + object] The plastic bag must have suffocated the baby smother:[no object] The baby must have suffocated when the plastic bag went over its head
suffocate | meaning of suffocate in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary . . . From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English suf‧fo‧cate ˈsʌfəkeɪt verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to die or make someone die by preventing them from breathing The animal seizes its prey by the throat and suffocates it to death