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Translating from English to German

Translations:

suffocate
→ ersticken
suffocate
→ es schwer machen zu atmen
suffocate
→ unterdrückt werden
suffocate
→ abgewürgt
suffocate
→ deprimieren
suffocate
→ erdrosseln
suffocate
→ ersäufen
suffocate
→ ersticke
suffocate
→ erwürgen
suffocate
→ jemandem die Gurgel abdrücken
suffocate
→ jemandem die Gurgel abschnüren
suffocate
→ jemandem die Gurgel zudrücken
suffocate
→ jemandem die Gurgel zuschnüren

English definitions WordNet

VERB 7

  1. 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”
    Synonymssmotherasphyxiate

  2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

    • “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”
    Synonymsstifleasphyxiatechoke

  3. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

    • “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village”
    Synonymschoke
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  1. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

    • “His job suffocated him”
    Synonymschoke

  2. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

    • “The child suffocated under the pillow”
    Synonymsstifleasphyxiate

  3. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

    • “The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating”

  4. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

    • “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”
    Synonymsgagchokestrangle