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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
suffocate
1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (Freq. 3)
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
• Syn:
smother, asphyxiate
• Derivationally related forms:
suffocation, asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Group:
stifle, asphyxiate
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to suffocate the prisoners
2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
• Syn:
stifle, asphyxiate, choke
• Derivationally related forms:
choking (for: choke), asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate), suffocative, suffocation
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. be asphyxiated;
die from lack of oxygen
- The child suffocated under the pillow
• Syn:
stifle, asphyxiate
• Derivationally related forms:
asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate), suffocative, suffocation
• Hypernyms:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke,
croak, snuff it
• Hyponyms:
strangle
• Verb Group:
smother, asphyxiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- His job suffocated him
• Syn:
choke
• Hypernyms:
stifle, dampen
• Verb Group:
choke
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
• Syn:
choke
• Hypernyms:
become, turn
• Verb Group:
choke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
6. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
- The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
• Derivationally related forms:
suffocative
• Hypernyms:
feel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. struggle for breath;
have insufficient oxygen intake
- he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
• Syn:
gag, choke, strangle
• Derivationally related forms:
suffocative, suffocation, choking (for: choke)
• Hypernyms:
suffer, hurt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something
- Somebody ----s PP
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