Definitions for suffocate

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suffocate suf·fo·cate

Spelling: [suhf-uh-keyt]

IPA: /ˈsʌf əˌkeɪt/

Suffocate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in suffocate (aceffostu).

Definitions for suffocate

verb (used with object)

1. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
2. to impede the respiration of.
3. to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
4. to overcome or extinguish; suppress.

verb (used without object)

1. to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
2. to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.

Origin of suffocate

1520-30; Latin suffōcātus (past participle of suffōcāre to choke, stifle), equivalent to suf- suf- + -fōc- (combining form of fauc-, stem of faucēs throat) + -ātus

Examples for suffocate

He began to suffocate with chagrin, and hurried his steps in sheer distress.

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Her adopted daughter tried to suffocate a younger biological sibling.

His heart was pounding until he believed that he must suffocate.

I pant for a plantation which shall shelter and not suffocate.

I hated that the town response to tragedy and suffering was to suffocate the afflicted family with attention.

Certainly this sand is going to try its best to suffocate us.

Marguerite's horror mounted until it threatened to suffocate her.

Somewhere in the theater, you also hear a soft, whimpering, “Help”—a woman is about to suffocate on her own tears.

Yet the key development will hinge on sanctions aiming to suffocate the regime, a current point of division.