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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb suffocate has 7 senses

• suffocate(v = verb.contact) asphyxiate, smother - 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"
is one way to kill
Derived form noun suffocation₁
Sample sentence:
They want to suffocate the prisoners

• suffocate(v = verb.contact) asphyxiate, choke, stifle - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
is one way to block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Derived forms noun suffocation₂, adjective suffocative₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• suffocate(v = verb.change) choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
is one way to become, turn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• suffocate(v = verb.change) choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
is one way to dampen, stifle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• suffocate(v = verb.change) asphyxiate, stifle - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
is one way to buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
Derived forms noun suffocation₁, adjective suffocative₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• suffocate(v = verb.body) - feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
is one way to feel
Derived form adjective suffocative₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• suffocate(v = verb.body) choke, gag, strangle - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
is one way to hurt, suffer
Derived forms noun suffocation₂, adjective suffocative₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

suffocate

OD, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

suffocate

Redundancy

VB superabound, overabound, know no bounds, swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark, surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood, drug, drug the market, hepatize, choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with, lavish, send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, gild refined gold, gild the lily, butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, exaggerate, wallow in roll in, remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.

Killing

VB kill, put to death, slay, shed blood, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate, massacre, take away life, deprive of life, make away with, put an end to, despatch, dispatch, burke, settle, do for, strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown, saber, cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat, jugulate, stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate, put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword, shoot dead, blow one's brains out, brain, knock on the head, stone, lapidate, give a deathblow, deal a deathblow, give a quietus, give a coupe de grace, behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas, hunt, shoot, cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of, give no quarter, pour out blood like water, decimate, run amuck, wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood, die a violent death, welter in one's blood, dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains, commit suicide, kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.