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English verb: suffocate | |||
| 1. | suffocate (contact) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | ||
| Samples | Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor. | ||
| Examples | They want to suffocate the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, smother | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| Entail | cover | ||
| Verb group | asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | ||
| 2. | suffocate (contact) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | ||
| Samples | The foul air was slowly suffocating the children. | ||
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, choke, stifle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude | ||
| 3. | suffocate (change) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | ||
| Samples | He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village. | ||
| Synonyms | choke | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become, turn | ||
| Verb group | choke, suffocate | ||
| 4. | suffocate (change) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | ||
| Samples | His job suffocated him. | ||
| Synonyms | choke | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dampen, stifle | ||
| Verb group | choke, suffocate | ||
| 5. | suffocate (change) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | ||
| Samples | The child suffocated under the pillow. | ||
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, stifle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | strangle | ||
| Verb group | asphyxiate, smother, suffocate | ||
| 6. | suffocate (body) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | ||
| Samples | The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feel | ||
| 7. | suffocate (body) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | ||
| Samples | He swallowed a fishbone and gagged. | ||
| Synonyms | choke, gag, strangle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s on something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurt, suffer | ||
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