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ESTIVATE
estivate, aestivate
(verb) sleep during summer; “certain animals estivate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
estivate (third-person singular simple present estivates, present participle estivating, simple past and past participle estivated)
(intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.
Anagrams
• aviettes, evitates
Source: Wiktionary
Es"ti*val, a., Es"ti*vate , v. i., Es`ti*va"tion , n.
Definition: Same as Æstival, Æstivate, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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