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Definition suffocate
Etymology
From Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare (“to choke, stifle”), from sub (“under”) + faux (“the upper part of the throat, the pharynx”).
Verb
suffocate (third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated)
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
Adjective
suffocate (comparative more suffocate, superlative most suffocate)
- (obsolete) Suffocated; choked.
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