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| VERB | 1 | suffocate, smother, asphyxiate | Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
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| 2 | suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke | Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
| 3 | suffocate, choke | Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | |
| 4 | suffocate, choke | Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | |
| 5 | suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate | Be asphyxiated | |
| 6 | suffocate | Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | |
| 7 | suffocate, gag, choke, strangle | Struggle for breath |
| Sounds | sah'fahkey.t |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to suffocate the prisoners |
| Examples | "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" |
| Synonyms | smother, asphyxiate |
| Similar to | suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate |
| Broader | kill |
| Entails | cover |
| Nouns | suffocation |
| Meaning | Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | stifle, asphyxiate, choke |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up |
| Adjectives | suffocative; suffocative |
| Nouns | suffocation |
| Meaning | Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | choke |
| Similar to | suffocate, choke |
| Broader | become, turn |
| Meaning | Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "His job suffocated him" |
| Synonyms | choke |
| Similar to | suffocate, choke |
| Broader | stifle, dampen |
| Meaning | Be asphyxiated. Die from lack of oxygen. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| Synonyms | stifle, asphyxiate |
| Similar to | smother, asphyxiate, suffocate |
| Broader | die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it |
| Narrower | strangle |
| Adjectives | suffocative; suffocative |
| Nouns | suffocation |
| Meaning | Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | feel |
| Adjectives | suffocative; suffocative |
| Meaning | Struggle for breath. Have insufficient oxygen intake. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | gag, choke, strangle |
| Broader | suffer, hurt |
| Adjectives | suffocative; suffocative |
| Nouns | suffocation |
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