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1. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.
Synonyms
- kill
- stifle
- asphyxiate
- smother
Antonyms
- dematerialise
- stay in place
- forbid
- invalidate
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Suffocate
- abdicate
- adjudicate
- advocate
- aguacate
- allocate
- aluminosilicate
- authenticate
- bifurcate
- bifurcate
- cheapskate
- communicate
- complicate
- confiscate
- dedicate
- deprecate
- domesticate
- duplicate
- educate
- educate
- equivocate
Sentences with suffocate
1. Verb, base form
Just be sure not to put too thick of a layer, which can suffocate the root system.
2. Adjective
The oils in it suffocate fleas, thus killing them.
3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Seeds need enough moisture to get the sprouting process going but not so much that they suffocate and drown.
2. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.
Synonyms
- become
- choke
Antonyms
- continue
- function
- stay
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
3. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.
Synonyms
- choke
- stifle
Antonyms
- birth
- arrive
- start
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
4. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.
Synonyms
- gag
- strangle
- choke
- hurt
Antonyms
- survive
- log in
- dock
- get on
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
5. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air.
Antonyms
- file in
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
6. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
Synonyms
- exit
- pop off
- conk
- expire
- die
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- stifle
- smother
- drop dead
- croak
- strangle
- give-up the ghost
- go
- decease
- asphyxiate
- buy the farm
- kick the bucket
- cash in one's chips
- choke
Antonyms
- enter
- pop in
- stand still
- hop on
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)
7. suffocate
verb. ['ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt'] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.
Synonyms
- impede
- block
- obturate
- occlude
- choke
- jam
- stifle
- close up
- asphyxiate
Antonyms
- enjoy
- appear
- keep down
- dematerialize
Etymology
- suffocatus (Latin)