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Meaning of suffocate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  suffocate
      v 1: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello
           smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated
           herself with a plastic bag that 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; "He is suffocating
         --living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
         [syn: {suffocate}, {choke}]
      4: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His
         job suffocated him" [syn: {suffocate}, {choke}]
      5: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
         suffocated under the pillow" [syn: {suffocate}, {stifle},
         {asphyxiate}]
      6: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot
         and stuffy and we were suffocating"
      7: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
         swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {choke},
         {strangle}, {suffocate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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