suf|fo|cate

suf|fo|cate
suf|fo|cate «SUHF uh kayt», verb, -cat|ed, -cat|ing.
–v.t.
1. to kill by stopping the breath; choke to death: »

The prison may catch fire and he may be suffocated not with a rope, but with common ordinary smoke (Samuel Butler).

2. to keep from breathing; hinder in breathing; stifle; choke.
3. Figurative. to smother; suppress.
–v.i.
1. to gasp for breath; choke.
2. to die for lack of air; be suffocated: »

The dog suffocated in the small box.

╂[< Latin suffōcāre (with English -ate1) (originally) to narrow up < sub- up + faucēs, plural, throat, narrow entrance]
–suf´fo|cat´ing|ly, adverb.

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