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Word: suffocate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive|figurative To be overwhelmed by a person or issue, surrounded as though being deprived of oxygen.
  • transitive|figurative To make weary with excessive and prolonged contact, as though depriving of oxygen.
  • intransitive To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
  • intransitive To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
  • transitive To cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body.
  • transitive To depriving it of sufficient oxygen intake.

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