01 a. Suffocated; choked.
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Suffocated; choked.
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4 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Suffocate
02 v. t. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
imp. & p. p.
Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Suffocating
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To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.“Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.” — Shak.
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To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
03 v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
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To become choked, stifled, or smothered.