■ verb die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.
↘have or cause to have difficulty in breathing.
Derivatives
suffocating adjective
suffocatingly adverb
suffocation noun
Origin
C15 (earlier (ME) as suffocation ): from L. suffocat- , suffocare 'stifle', from sub- 'below' + fauces 'throat'.