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suffocate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsʌfəkət/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1526; from Middle English suffocat(e) (“deprived of air, suffocated”), borrowed from Latin suffōcātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin suffōcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from sub- (“under, up to”) + fōx (“throat”, oblique stem in fōc-). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(as a participle, obsolete) Suffocated, choked.
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(obsolete) Smothered, overwhelmed.
This chaos, when degree is suffocate, follows the choking
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
Forms
wikipedia: Early Modern English
suffocate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1526; from Middle English suffocat(e) (“deprived of air, suffocated”), borrowed from Latin suffōcātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin suffōcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from sub- (“under, up to”) + fōx (“throat”, oblique stem in fōc-). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!
It is because of freedom, one netizen replied: Like air, you may not realize its importance, but when suffocating, you would know how precious it is.
2020 November 2, Jiu Xiao, “Chinese Communist Party Officials Push Anti-U.S. Propaganda While Sending Families to Live in the U.S.”, in Minghui:
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(ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.
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(ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
I'm suffocating under this huge workload.
If the trend to private cars continues, the more quickly will the road traffic suffocate itself, [...].
1962 April, “London Airport rail link”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
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(transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
Forms
Deriveds
suffocation · suffocative · smothercate · unsuffocate · suffocater · suffocator
Relateds
asphyxia
Synonyms
asphyxiate (To kill by deprivation of oxygen) · asphyxiate (To suffer from reduced oxygen) · choke (To suffer from reduced oxygen) · stifle (To kill by deprivation of oxygen) · asphyxiate (To reduce oxygen supply) · drown (To be overwhelmed) · choke (To kill by deprivation of oxygen) · stifle (To die from insufficient oxygen) · smother (To reduce oxygen supply) · choke (To reduce oxygen supply) · smother (To make weary with contact) · choke (To die from insufficient oxygen)
Translations (195)
uk удуши́ти ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sh угу́шити ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · bg уду́швам ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · be душы́ць ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · pl udusić ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · fi tukehtua ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · sh угу́шити се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · hu megfullad ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · uk задихну́тися ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · pl dusić ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · lt uždusinti ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · uk задихну́тися ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · eo sufokiĝi ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · pt sufocar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · hsb dusyć ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · lmo stofegar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs dusit se ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · fr étouffer ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · vec sofegar ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · be удушы́ць ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · rue подусити ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ca ofegar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · pl dusić się ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · mba nalumos ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · he נחנק ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ru души́ть ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · pt sufocar ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · got 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · de ersticken ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · fi tukehduttaa ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · be затхну́цца ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sk udusiť sa ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · enm worien ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · sl zadušiti se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ar اِخْتَنَقَ ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · ko 질식하다 ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · bg задуша́вам ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · pl udusić się ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh ugušívati ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be удушы́ць ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · sl dušiti se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · gl esganar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · dsb póddušyś ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · bg задуша́вам ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · be задушы́ць ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · vi ngạt thở ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · lmo stofegar ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · lmo sofegar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · pt sufocar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · be прыдушы́ць ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · cs dusit ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · es sofocarse ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh ugúšiti se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · da kvæle ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · ru задохну́ться ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · da kvæles ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · vi chết ngộp ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · no kjøva ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · uk задуши́ти ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · bg задъ́хам се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh ugúšiti ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · qu hiq'ipay ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cmn 使窒息 ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · fi tukehduttaa ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · eo sufoki ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · he חנק ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be зато́хнуцца ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sk udusiť ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · cs dusit ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · bg уду́швам ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · lmo sofegar ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · de ersticken ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · az boğmaq ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ca ofegar-se ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · tyz bắt ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs udusit ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · tyz pư ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · no kjøvast ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs udusit se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · bg задуша́ се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ru удуши́ть ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · acw انخنق ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · cs udusit ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · az boğmaq ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · sk dusiť sa ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ru задыха́ться ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · bg задуша́вам се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · tyz ngằn ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · be зато́хнуцца ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · gl afogar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · he חנק ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · gl abafar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · uk задиха́тися ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · pl dusić ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · uk души́ти ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · gl sufocar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · enm worien ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · uk задуши́ти ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · bg задуша́ ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · hu fullad ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ko 질식시키다 ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · mk гуши ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sv kvävas ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · mk се души ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · pt sufocar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sl dušiti ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · cmn 窒息 ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · lmo sofegar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · hsb dodusyć ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be затыха́цца ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · lmo sofegar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · be задушы́ць ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · vi ngộp thở ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ru задохну́ться ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · fi tukehtua ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · gl atafegar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · mk души ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be душы́ць ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · lmo soffegà ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh угуши́вати се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · es sofocar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · mk задушува ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ceb lumos ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ru души́ть ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · kea bafa ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · lmo stofegar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · da kvæle ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · es sofocarse ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · ota بوغمق ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · fr suffoquer ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · sl zadušiti se ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ru задуши́ть ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · mk се гуши ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ca ofegar sufocar ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · da kvæles ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ga plúch ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · de ersticken ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ga plúch ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · uk задиха́тися ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs dusit se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sk Slovak podusiť ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · lmo stofegar ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · uk удуши́ти ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · is kafna ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs zadusit ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · hu fuldoklik ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · gl sufocar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · gl atafegar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be затыха́цца ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · nb kveles ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · vi ngộp ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · cs udusit se ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · ru задуши́ть ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · gl abafar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · hu megfojt ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · lt uždusti ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · be прыдушы́ць ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · mk задуши ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ar خَنَقَ ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · vi chết ngạt ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · bg задушавам се ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · de würgen ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ru удуши́ть ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · fo kódna ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sk zadusiť ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · bg задуша́ ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · fr suffoquer ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · hsb podusyć ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · ru задыха́ться ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · lt uždusti ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · vi ngạt ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · la suffōcō ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · he נחנק ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · acw خَنَق ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · de ersticken ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · bg задъ́хвам се ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ja 窒息させる ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · uk души́ти ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sv kvävas ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · lad atabafar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · cs zadusit ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · es sofocar ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sv kväva ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) · gl afogar ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · sk dusiť ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · tyz bỉ ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · la suffōcor ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh угуши́вати ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · sv kväva ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · fa خفه شدن ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · sh ugušívati se ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · ja 窒息する ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) · dsb zadušyś ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) · be затхну́цца ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) · ceb lumos ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
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