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Raresuffocate
The correct spelling is suffocate.
How to pronounce suffocate
/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
verbIPA: /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
Say it like: Suf-foc-ate
The correct spelling is suffocate. To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. For example: "Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!"
Usage Examples
“Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!”
“He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.”
“I'm suffocating under this huge workload.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- 2.To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- 3.To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- 4.To destroy; to extinguish.
adjective
- 1.Suffocated; choked.
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