SUFFOCATE


Meaning of SUFFOCATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

feel

I felt suffocated and found it physically very difficult to breathe.

Although the gear had no contact with any of my breathing apparatus, I felt suffocated .

I felt as if I were suffocating .

He stepped into the tub, the hot water making him feel like he was suffocating .

Sometimes they are awakened by a feeling that they are suffocating .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

feel suffocated

I felt suffocated living in the city.

Although the gear had no contact with any of my breathing apparatus, I felt suffocated .

His eyes seemed to have gathered more gold from somewhere ... Her heart tripped unevenly, and she felt suffocated .

I felt suffocated and found it physically very difficult to breathe.

I make you feel suffocated , do I, with my loving?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

It was very hot inside the car, and I felt as though I was suffocating.

Many of the birds had suffocated in their boxes.

Their mother suffocated them with overprotective love.

They pushed a plastic bag over his head and almost suffocated him.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Above him the sky swam greyly, suffocating the moon; the edge of the roof sailed free in space.

Although the gear had no contact with any of my breathing apparatus, I felt suffocated.

Cars were suffocating the roads like weeds.

He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him.

The overweight 45year-old was believed to have suffocated her 65-year-old victim during a furious row.

These dinosaurs were not suffocating in a museum.

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