Dictionary
suffocate
Meaning
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- To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- To destroy; to extinguish.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
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