Suffocate /(?)/

Suf·fo·cate

Suffocate

a.
  1. Suffocated; choked.

Suffocate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating

  1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
    Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.
  2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suffocate

v. i.
  1. To become choked, stifled, or smothered.