suffocate

[US]/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
[UK]/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. cause someone to die by depriving them of air, kill by preventing the access of air
vi. have difficulty breathing, be deprived of air.

Phrases & Collocations

suffocating feeling

Example Sentences

The smoke and fumes almost suffocated me.

The baby suffocated under its pillow.

The frogspawn needs air and would suffocate in the stagnant pool below.

I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift.

Prevents the breath myospasm to cause to suffocate, when necessity makes a great effort the tube incision, the intermittent positive pressure gives the oxygen.

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