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"
Length: 9 letters
Scrabble value: 17
Words with Friends value: 19
Literati value: 13
TWL (USA): Found
SOWPODS (UK): Found
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