Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Suffocate has 9 different meanings across 1 category:
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
Suffocated; choked.