suffocate

verbB2 · Upper-intermediate

To die or struggle because you cannot breathe.

Meaning of «suffocate»

verb

to die or struggle because you cannot breathe

The thick smoke began to suffocate everyone in the room.

Translation

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The difference between similar words

to stop breathing, or stop someone breathing

chokesomething blocks your throatHe choked on a fish bone.

suffocatedie or suffer from having no airThe firefighters saved him before he suffocated.

stranglekill someone by squeezing the throatThe snake strangled its prey slowly.

Word family

suffocate B2 · verbsuffocating B2 · adjectivesuffocation C1 · noun

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