English to English
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [asfícsiet] Uminis; inisín; hwag pahingahin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
