suffocate
verb (used with object)
to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
suffocates
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present tense formof suffocate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"She has heart disease. Sometimes she suffocates and turns blue. She can't continue living in a tent."
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
However, if there is too much calcium, the mitochondrial processes become unbalanced and the cell suffocates.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
As Spain suffocates under high temperatures, ice on its mountains is melting.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023
In Los Angeles County alone, a baby suffocates nearly every week while sleeping, according to the infant safe sleep campaign from the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
There is a new air in our conversations, short and choppy, so hot that the effort suffocates us both.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
