suffocate
窒息,窒息而死,噎死,窒息而亡
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Definitions
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suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing.
- : to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- : to impede the respiration of.
- : to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
- : to overcome or extinguish; suppress.
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suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing.
- : to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
- : to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.
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Examples
They pay in having to cope with sizzling health waves, powerful hurricanes, and suffocating wildfire smoke.
Discovering that plants need sunlight to grow, or that fish will suffocate when taken out of water, requires no quantification of anything whatsoever.
Scores of businesses in the city are suffocating as they delay their return to work or, worse, decide to work from home forever.
We’ve read through quite a few letters about Zoom, suffocating family dinners, the role of sound and music, birthdays and anniversaries, and racially charged encounters.
In industries where specific brand names have become synonymous with their original product, new brands can easily be suffocated out of the game.
Her adopted daughter tried to suffocate a younger biological sibling.
Somewhere in the theater, you also hear a soft, whimpering, “Help”—a woman is about to suffocate on her own tears.
I hated that the town response to tragedy and suffering was to suffocate the afflicted family with attention.
Yet the key development will hinge on sanctions aiming to suffocate the regime, a current point of division.
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Selfby Danielle Evans A powerful short story collection from a rising star.
As it was, ere he had time to suffocate, MacPherson was on the spot.
They would first suffocate, and later their bodies would be swallowed up in the stomach of the earth.