verb🔗ShareTo suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body."Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!"medicinephysiologybodyconditionsensationsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body."He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head."medicinephysiologybodydiseaseactionbiologyenvironmenthumanorganismsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation."The constant arguing between her siblings suffocated her with stress. "mindemotionsensationphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo destroy; to extinguish."to suffocate fire"physiologymedicinebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSuffocated; choked."The smoke from the fire made the room suffocating, leaving everyone feeling choked and dizzy. "medicinephysiologysensationbodydiseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
