SUFFOCATE — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
suffocate
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.
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- He swallowed a fishbone and gagged.
Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air.
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- The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating.
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
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- The child suffocated under the pillow.
Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.
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- His job suffocated him.
Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.
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- He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village.
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.
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- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children.
Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.
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- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow.
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
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