suffocate
English Thesaurus
1. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel pain or be in pain (verb.body) |
2. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | feel, |
| definition | : | be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state (verb.body) |
3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, |
| definition | : | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | strangle, |
| definition | : | die from strangulation (verb.change) |
4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | dampen, stifle, |
| definition | : | smother or suppress (verb.change) |
| verb group | : | choke, suffocate, |
| definition | : | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (verb.change) |
5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | become, turn, |
| definition | : | undergo a change or development (verb.stative) |
| verb group | : | choke, suffocate, |
| definition | : | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb.change) |
6. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
7. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
| entail | : | cover, |
| definition | : | provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact) |
8. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
9. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
10. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
11. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
12. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
13. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
14. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
15. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
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