Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - suffocate
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Suffocate
suffocate
~ v 1 to die or make someone die by preventing them from breathing (She rolled onto her baby and actually suffocated it!) 2 be suffocating to feel uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air (Can you open a window? I'm suffocating.) 3 to prevent a relationship, plan, business etc from developing well or being successful (Jealousy can suffocate any relationship.) - suffocation n
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(suffocates, suffocating, suffocated) 1. If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. He either suffocated, or froze to death... They were suffocated as they slept. VERB: V, be V-ed • suffocation Many of the victims died of suffocation. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. That’s better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room... The airlessness of the room suffocated her. VERB: V, V n 3. You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating... The governor’s proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy. VERB: V, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare to choke, stifle, from sub- + fauces throat Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) (2) to deprive of oxygen b. to make uncomfortable by want of fresh air 2. to impede or stop the development of intransitive verb 1. to become ~d: a. (1) to die from being unable to breathe (2) to die from lack of oxygen b. to be uncomfortable through lack of fresh air 2. to become checked in development • suffocation noun • suffocative adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. choke or kill by stopping breathing, esp. by pressure, fumes, etc. 2 tr. (often foll. by by, with) produce a choking or breathless sensation in, esp. by excitement, terror, etc. 3 intr. be or feel suffocated or breathless. Derivatives suffocating adj. suffocatingly adv. suffocation n. Etymology: L suffocare (as SUB-, fauces throat) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. душить, удушать suffocated by poisonous fumes —- задохнувшийся от ядовитого дыма he was suffocated in water —- он захлебнулся в воде 2. душить, подавлять (развитие и т. п.) this weed suffocates everything —- этот сорняк глушит все растения 3. задыхаться to suffocate with rage —- задыхаться от ярости ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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