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!"medicinephysiologybodysensationsufferingChat 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."medicinephysiologybodydiseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation."The overwhelming workload at work suffocated him; he felt drained and unable to focus. "mindsensationemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo destroy; to extinguish."to suffocate fire"disasterenvironmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving died as a result of suffocation."The suffocated bird was found inside the closed cardboard box. "bodymedicinephysiologyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
