Suffocate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUF'FOCATE, v.t. [L ... in mines and wells. And let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. 2. To stifle; to destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire or live coals. A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage. SUF'FOCATE, a. Suffocated. WordNet (r ... the parents had left on the floor" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate] 2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage ... of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 3: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; " ...
... or smoke; or an entire stoppage that causes death; to suffocate; to strangle. Mark 5. 2. To stop by filling; to ... choke them. Matthew 13. Luke 8. 4. To smother or suffocate, as fire. 5. To suppress or stifle; as, to choke ... he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate] 6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation ... of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He ... home with his aged parents in the small village" [syn: suffocate, choke] 11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke] 12: pass from physical life and lose all ...
... Dictionary SMOTHER, v.t. [allied perhaps to smoke.] 1. To suffocate of extinguish life by causing smoke or dust to enter the lungs; to stifle. 2. To suffocate or extinguish by closely covering, and be the exclustion of ... the parents had left on the floor" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate] 3: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's ... smorther, from smoren to smother, from Old English smorian to suffocate; akin to Middle Dutch smoren to suffocate Date: 13th century 1. a. thick stifling smoke or smudge ... low heat Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v. 1 tr. suffocate; stifle; kill by stopping the breath of or excluding ...
... STIFLE, v.t. [L., stiff and stop. Gr.] 1. To suffocate; to stop the breath or action of the lungs by ... of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English ... transitive verb 1. a. to kill by depriving of oxygen ; suffocate b. (1) smother (2) muffle 2. a. to cut off ... introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Smother, choke, suffocate. 2. Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench. ...
... the parents had left on the floor" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate] 2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage ... of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 3: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate] Merriam Webster's verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1836 ... Reference Dictionary v.tr. cause (a person) to have asphyxia; suffocate. Derivatives: asphyxiation n. asphyxiator n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Asphyxiate ... v. t. To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. Note: [Used commonly in the past pple.] Collin's Cobuild ... were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train... = suffocate VERB: usu passive, be V-ed • asphyxiation A post ...
... Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1604 tending or serving to suffocate or overpower ; overwhelming • suffocatingly adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p ... respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suffocating Suf"fo*ca`ting, a. & n. from Suffocate, v. -- Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv. Moby Thesaurus airless ...
... 1828 Dictionary STRANGLE, v.t. [L.] 1. To choke; to suffocate; to destroy life by stopping respiration. Our Saxon ancestors compelled ... he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate] Merriam Webster's verb (strangled; strangling) Etymology: Middle English, from ... adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Choke, throttle, suffocate. 2. Suppress, keep back. Moby Thesaurus OD, abbreviate, asphyxiate, bang ... stifle, stone, stop the breath, stop up, strangulate, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, trample out, trample underfoot, truss up, wrinkle, zip ...
... windpipe or larynx. THROT'TLE, v.i. To choke; to suffocate; or to obstruct so as to endanger suffocation. 1. To ... as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. 2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. Collin's ... n. Windpipe, trachea, throat, weasand. II. v. a. Choke, strangle, suffocate. III. v. n. Choke, suffocate. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To strangle. 1811 Dictionary ... stifle, still, stop the breath, strangle, strike dumb, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, take in sail, throttle down, truss up
... Dictionary SUF'FOCATED, pp. Choked; stifled. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p ... respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
... intransitive verb to become drowned transitive verb 1. a. to suffocate by submersion especially in water b. to submerge especially by ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Suffocate in water. 2. Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood. 3. Overcome ... the breath, strangle, stultify, subdue, submerge, submerse, suffer a misfortune, suffocate, suppress, swamp, throttle, wet, whelm
... n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render ... filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SMOOR, SMORE, v.t. TO suffocate or smother. [Not in use.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Smoor ... D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother.] To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot ...
... Webster's transitive verb (burked; burking) Etymology: from burke to suffocate, from William Burke died 1829 Irish criminal executed for smothering ... Reade. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Suffocate, murder by suffocation, smother to death. 2. Smother, suppress, shelve ...