suffocates (0 synonym found)

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Definition of suffocates:

(v) : (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
(v) : (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
(v) : (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
(v) : (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
(adj) : (obsolete) Smothered, overwhelmed.
(adj) : (obsolete, as a participle) Suffocated, choked.

Definition of suffocates:

(v) : (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
(v) : (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
(v) : (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
(v) : (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
(adj) : (obsolete) Smothered, overwhelmed.
(adj) : (obsolete, as a participle) Suffocated, choked.

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