Need another word that means the same as “suffocate”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “suffocate” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Suffocate” are: choke, asphyxiate, stifle, smother, gag, strangle, be smothered, be stifled, be breathless, be short of air, struggle for air
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “suffocate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
asphyxiate | Be asphyxiated die from lack of oxygen. They slowly asphyxiated. |
be breathless | Happen, occur, take place. |
be short of air | Happen, occur, take place. |
be smothered | Be priced at. |
be stifled | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
choke | Cause a person or animal to choke. She choked her anger. |
gag | Put a gag on someone. I m absolutely gagging for a pint. |
smother | Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. Smother a yawn. |
stifle | Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. She stifled a giggle. |
strangle | Prevent the progress or free movement of. She strangled a sob. |
struggle for air | To exert strenuous effort against opposition. |
airway | A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers. He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating. |
choke | A knob which controls the choke in a carburettor. A little choke of laughter. |
choking | A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx. No evidence that the choking was done by the accused. |
clog | Dance a clog dance. Too much fatty food makes your arteries clog up. |
clutter | An untidy state. The room was in a clutter of smelly untidiness. |
dead | People who are no longer living. Dead right. |
death | The personification of death. I don t believe in life after death. |
demise | The end or failure of an enterprise or institution. The manor and the mill were demised for twenty one year terms. |
drown | Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. I was drowned in work. |
emergency | Arising from or used in an emergency. The governor declared a state of emergency. |
esophagus | The passage between the pharynx and the stomach. |
execute | Carry out the legalities of. Execute a will or a deed. |
expiration | Euphemistic expressions for death. The expiration of the lease. |
garrote | An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. |
hanging | The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment. Hanging gardens. |
ligature | Bind or connect with a ligature. He ligatured the duodenum below the pylorus. |
muffle | A receptacle in a furnace or kiln in which things can be heated without contact with combustion products. Everyone was muffled up in coats and scarves. |
nasal | A nasal speech sound. A whining nasal voice. |
obstruct | Commit the offence of intentionally hindering (a police officer. They had to alter the course of the stream and obstruct the natural flow of the water. |
oppress | Cause to suffer. A system which oppressed working people. |
perish | Be suffering from extreme cold. Must these noble hopes perish so soon. |
rip | A fraud or swindle a rip off. The curtain ripped from top to bottom. |
smother | Make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them. Smother the meat in gravy. |
stifle | Prevent or constrain (an activity or idea. She stifled a giggle. |
strangle | Hamper or hinder the development or activity of. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. |
suffocation | A feeling of being trapped and oppressed. Prisoners told accounts of suffocations and shootings. |
throttle | Reduce the power of an engine or vehicle by use of the throttle. The engines were at full throttle. |
valve | Each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle. A valve shuts off the flow from the boiler when the water is hot enough. |
welter | Roll around. There s such a welter of conflicting rules. |
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