English

Verb
en-verb|suffocat|ing

1. intransitive To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
2. intransitive To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
3. context|intransitive|figurative To be overwhelmed by a person or issue, surrounded as though being deprived of oxygen.
4. transitive To cause someone to suffer severly reduced oxygen supply to his body.
5. transitive To kill a person or creature by deprive|depriving it of sufficient oxygen intake.
6. context|transitive|figurative To make weary with excessive and prolonged contact, as though depriving of oxygen.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|To suffer from reduced oxygen asphyxiate
italbrac-colon|To die from insufficient oxygen stifle
italbrac-colon|To be overwhelmed drown
italbrac-colon|To reduce oxygen supply asphyxiate, smother
italbrac-colon|To kill by deprivation of oxygen asphyxiate, stifle
italbrac-colon|To make weary with contact smother

Derived terms
suffocation

Related terms
asphyxia

Translations
trans-top|(intransitive) To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
Finnish: tukehtua
trans-mid
Swedish: kvävas
trans-bottom

trans-top|(intransitive) To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body
Finnish: tukehtua
trans-mid
Swedish: kvävas
trans-bottom

trans-top|(transitive) To cause someone to suffer severly reduced oxygen supply to his body
Finnish: tukehduttaa
trans-mid
Swedish: kväva
trans-bottom

trans-top|(transitive) To kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake
Finnish: tukehduttaa
trans-mid
Swedish: kväva
trans-bottom

Category:English ergative verbs

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fr:suffocate
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it:suffocate
hu:suffocate
fi:suffocate
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vi:suffocate
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