suffocate

suffocate /'sʌfəkeit/
  • ngoại động từ
    • bóp chết, bóp nghẹt
    • làm nghẹt thở
    • nội động từ
      • chết nghẹt, thấy nghẹt thở, thấy tức thở, nghẹn ngào
     làm ngạt thở
     làm tức thở
     ngạt thở

    Xem thêm: smother, asphyxiate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke, choke, choke, stifle, asphyxiate, gag, choke, strangle



    suffocate

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; smother, asphyxiate

      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; stifle, asphyxiate, choke

      The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

    • become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; choke

      He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

    • suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; choke

      His job suffocated him

    • be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; stifle, asphyxiate

      The child suffocated under the pillow

    • feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

      The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating

    • struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; gag, choke, strangle

      he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    suffocates|suffocated|suffocating
    syn.: asphyxiate choke muffle smother stifle suppress