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.
SUFFOCATING
Suf"fo*ca`ting, a. & n.
Defn: from Suffocate, v.
— Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv.
SUFFOCATION
Suf`fo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. suffocatio: cf. F. suffocation.]
Defn: The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.