suffocated

Speech parts

1. suffocated - Adjective

2. suffocated - Verb

Meaning

of Suffocate

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

removed suffocate murdered choke extinguished choked stifled stifle choking strangle suffocation suffocating muffled strangulation smother
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Antonyms

flaming blazing burning fiery inflamed breathed
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Examples

Luckily, a murder at Paddington Station saves him from being suffocated in the social whirl. Source: Internet

But no sedatives were found in either of them following toxicology tests and Mr Ainsworth had 'unexplained bruises', possibly from being forcibly suffocated, on his lips. Source: Internet

American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening, Christopher Brickell, ed. (NY: DK Publishing, 1993), p. 562. In addition, rhododendrons can easily be suffocated by other plants or evergreen trees that grow up around them and block sunlight. Source: Internet

Disqualification forgotten, Novak Djokovic leaves French Open foe 'suffocated.' Source: Internet

Abraham Onoriode Oghobase, also Lagos-born, captures a sense of freedom from a “Lagosian state of mind”, the sense as he puts it, of being “overwhelmed”, “suffocated” by a large city. Source: Internet

A Dundee mum who launched an awareness campaign after her 18-month-old daughter suffocated under a teddy bear said she has been taken aback by the scale of the public response to the tragedy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Suffling sufflue suffocate suffocater suffocating suffocating weapon