vverb.contactdeprive of oxygen and prevent from breathingSynset:smother suffocate
Examples:- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Derivationally Related Form:suffocationasphyxiaasphyxiation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:smotherkill
Entailment:cover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother)
vverb.contactimpair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage ofSynset:choke stifle suffocate
Examples:- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Derivationally Related Form:suffocativesuffocationasphyxiachokingasphyxiation
Hypernyms:block close up impede jam obstruct obturate occlude
Inherited Hypernyms:suffocateobstructimpedeprevent
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changebe asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygenSynset:stifle suffocate
Examples:- The child suffocated under the pillow
Derivationally Related Form:suffocationasphyxiasuffocativeasphyxiation
Hypernyms:buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it
Inherited Hypernyms:suffocatediechange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:strangle
Full Troponyms:strangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s