What does "suffocate" mean?
Suffocate: To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
- 3.To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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