Suffocate

Verb

 * 1)  To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
 * 2)  To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
 * 3)  To be overwhelmed by a person or issue, surrounded as though being deprived of oxygen.
 * 4)  To cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body.
 * 5)  To kill a person or creature by depriving it of sufficient oxygen intake.
 * 6)  To make weary with excessive and prolonged contact, as though depriving of oxygen.

Synonyms

 * asphyxiate
 * stifle
 * drown
 * asphyxiate, smother
 * asphyxiate, stifle
 * smother

Derived terms

 * suffocation

Related terms

 * asphyxia

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