āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
suffocate
/sËĘfÉkËeâÉĒt/
to suffocate
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to block someone or something's access to air, making it difficult or impossible to breathe
Transitive: to suffocate sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thick smoke suffocated the people trapped in the building.
āĻāύ āϧā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϞā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to struggle for breathing due to the lack or reduced amount of oxygen
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firefighter rescued the trapped cat, preventing it from suffocating in the smoke-filled room.
āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϧā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž
to feel overwhelmed, trapped, or oppressed
Transitive: to suffocate sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The relationship began to suffocate her, making her feel like she could nât breathe.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝā§āύ āϏ⧠āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to die because there is not enough oxygen to breathe
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog suffocated in the car when the windows were closed.
āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent something from growing or progressing by blocking or restricting it
Transitive: to suffocate development of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His negative attitude choked the team's potential for success.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāϞā§āϝā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be stopped or hindered in progress or growth
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company âs innovation suffocated under constant bureaucratic red tape.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύ āϧā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĢāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
suffocating
suffocation
suffocative
suffocate
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