SUFFOCATE


Meaning of SUFFOCATE in English

verb

to stop the respiration of (as by asphyxiation)

the child was suffocated in an old refrigerator

Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, ||quackle, smother, stifle; compare choke 1

Related Word: stive; strangle

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