suffocate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "suffocate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to block someone or something's access to air, making it difficult or impossible to breathe
Transitive: to suffocate sb/sth
to suffocate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thick smoke suffocated the people trapped in the building.
āϘāύ āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to struggle for breathing due to the lack or reduced amount of oxygen
Intransitive
to suffocate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firefighter rescued the trapped cat, preventing it from suffocating in the smoke-filled room.
āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻžāχāϟāĻžāϰ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­āϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to feel overwhelmed, trapped, or oppressed
Transitive: to suffocate sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The relationship began to suffocate her, making her feel like she could n’t breathe.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇āύ āϏ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to die because there is not enough oxygen to breathe
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog suffocated in the car when the windows were closed.
āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent something from growing or progressing by blocking or restricting it
Transitive: to suffocate development of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His negative attitude choked the team's potential for success.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be stopped or hindered in progress or growth
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company ’s innovation suffocated under constant bureaucratic red tape.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ āĻ§ā§āϰ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āφāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĢāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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