intransitive verb. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.

intransitive verb. To impair the breathing of or cause discomfort to by cutting off the supply of fresh air.

intransitive verb. To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle.

intransitive verb. To die from lack of air or oxygen.

intransitive verb. To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.

intransitive verb. To become or feel oppressed; be stifled.

Suffocated; choked.

To kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills.

To impede respiration in; compress so as to prevent respiration.

To stifle; smother; extinguish: as, to suffocate fire or live coals.

Synonyms Stifle, Strangle, etc. See smother.

To become choked, stifled, or smothered: as, we are suffocating in this close room.

transitive verb. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

transitive verb. To destroy; to extinguish.

adjective. Suffocated; choked.

intransitive verb. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.

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

verb. To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.

verb. To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.

verb. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

verb. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

verb. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

verb. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

verb. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

verb. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

verb. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

"Since we learned last week that Gia had the maid bottle feed her baby at night so the little vampire won't "suffocate" her for milk."

die  extinguish  

become  block  closeup  dampen  feel  

OD  asphyxiate  asphyxiate  bake  bar  

suffocated  suffocates  suffocating