Category:Suffocate

Suf"fo*cate, a. Etym: [l. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub Under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]

Defn: suffocated; choked. Shak.

Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]

1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. i.

Defn: to become choked, stifled, or smothered. "a swelling discontent Is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.