suffocate

/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/

verb

1
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
“Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!”
2
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
“He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.”
3
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
“I'm suffocating under this huge workload.”
4
To destroy; to extinguish.
“to suffocate fire”

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