suffocate: betydelser og definitioner

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

To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate.

To cause discomfort to by or as if by cutting off the supply of fresh air.

To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle: "The rigid formality of the place suffocated her” ( Thackeray).

To die from lack of air or oxygen; be asphyxiated.

To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.

To become or feel suppressed; be stifled.