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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024suf•fo•cate /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - Pathology to kill by preventing the passage of air; strangle:[~ + object]The plastic bag must have suffocated the baby.
- Pathology to die in this manner;
stifle;
smother:[no object]The baby must have suffocated when the plastic bag went over its head. - to (cause to) be uncomfortable because of a lack of fresh air: [~ + object]This hot classroom is suffocating the students.[no object]We're all suffocating in this hot room.
- to hold back, stifle, or suppress (freedom, creativity, etc.): [no object]The students are suffocating from the rigid discipline.[~ + object]The rigid discipline is suffocating the children's creativity and freedom.
suf•fo•ca•tion /ˌsʌfəˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024suf•fo•cate (suf′ə kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t. - Pathologyto kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills;
strangle. - Pathologyto impede the respiration of.
- to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
- to overcome or extinguish;
suppress.
v.i. - Pathologyto become suffocated;
stifle;
smother. - to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.
- Latin suffōcātus (past participle of suffōcāre to choke, stifle), equivalent. to suf- suf- + -fōc- (combining form of fauc-, stem of faucēs throat) + -ātus -ate1
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suffocate /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/ vb - to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious gases
- to block the air passages or have the air passages blocked
- to feel or cause to feel discomfort from heat and lack of air
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin suffōcāre, from sub- + faucēs throatˈsuffoˌcating adj ˌsuffoˈcation n |