- smother, asphyxiate, suffocate - 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"
--1 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun asphyxiation1, noun asphyxia1, noun asphyxiation2
They want to asphyxiate the prisoners
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
--2 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun asphyxiation1, noun asphyxia1
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
--3 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun asphyxiation1, noun asphyxiation2, noun asphyxia1
Somebody ----s