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."medicinephysiologybodydiseasesensationsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation."The constant arguing between my siblings suffocated me; I felt overwhelmed and unable to breathe. "sensationmindemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo destroy; to extinguish."to suffocate fire"disasterenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuffocation"The suffocating heat in the classroom made it difficult to concentrate. "sensationmedicinebodyphysiologysufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
