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suffocate

verb: 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"

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

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

verb: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"

verb: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"

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

verb: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"


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suffocate

Length: 9 letters

Scrabble value: 17

Words with Friends value: 19

Literati value: 13

TWL (USA): Found

SOWPODS (UK): Found


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