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According to WordNet, the verb "suffocate" has 7 sense(s).

200106412 feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating".

200391021 suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him".

201476180 impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children".

200077698 struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged".

201569181 deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor".

200359511 be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow".

200391203 become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village".


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