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suffocate

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

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Senses

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struggle for breath

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feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

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be asphyxiated

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suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

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become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

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Variants

synonym
chokesmotherstifle
pasttense
suffocated
presentparticiple
suffocating
thirdpersonsingular
suffocates
pastparticiple
suffocated