How to pronounce suffocate

Suffocate

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Pronounce Suffocate as S UW F F OW K AH T EH.

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to take the life of someone or something by forcing their air intake to be stopped

smother, asphyxiate, suffocate(verb)

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke(verb)

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

suffocate, choke(verb)

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

suffocate, choke(verb)

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

"His job suffocated him"

suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate(verb)

be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

"The child suffocated under the pillow"

suffocate(verb)

feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"

gag, choke, strangle, suffocate(verb)

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air

the law requires the owner of a discarded refrigerator to remove its door so that a child won't get trapped inside and suffocate

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe

temporarily suffocated by the seat belt

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

suffocating in the thick, black smoke of the burning building

I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.

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