Found 3 items, similar to suffocate.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: suffocate mati lemas
English → English (WordNet) Definition: suffocate suffocate v 1: 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” [syn: smother, asphyxiate] 2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” [syn: stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 3: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village” [syn: choke] 4: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; “His job suffocated him” [syn: choke] 5: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; “The child suffocated under the pillow” [syn: stifle, asphyxiate] 6: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; “The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating” 7: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged” [syn: gag, choke, strangle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Suffocate Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. “A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.” --collier. [1913 Webster] Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. [1913 Webster]