SUFFOCATES

Verb

suffocates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suffocate

Anagrams

• offuscates

Source: Wiktionary


SUFFOCATE

Suf"fo*cate, a. Etym: [L. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]

Definition: Suffocated; choked. Shak.

Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]

1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suf"fo*cate, v. i.

Definition: To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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