Definition of Suffocates. Meaning of Suffocates. Synonyms of Suffocates

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Definition of Suffocates

Suffocate
Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak.
Suffocate
Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Suffocate
Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. ``A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.' --collier.

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