What is to choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak called?
suffocate — To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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