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suffocate
English
Etymology
From Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare (“to choke, stifle”), from sub (“under”) + faux (“the upper part of the throat, the pharynx”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /?s?f?ke?t/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /?s?f?k?t/
Verb
suffocate (third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated)
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
Synonyms
- (To suffer from reduced oxygen): asphyxiate, choke
- (To die from insufficient oxygen): stifle, choke
- (To be overwhelmed): drown
- (To reduce oxygen supply): asphyxiate, choke, smother
- (To kill by deprivation of oxygen): asphyxiate, choke, stifle
- (To make weary with contact): smother
Derived terms
- suffocation
Related terms
- asphyxia
Translations
Adjective
suffocate (comparative more suffocate, superlative most suffocate)
- (obsolete) Suffocated; choked.
Further reading
- suffocate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- suffocate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- suffocate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- offuscate
Latin
Verb
suff?c?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of suff?c?
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querk
English
Etymology
From Middle English querken (also as querkenen), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to strangle”), from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijan?, from Proto-Germanic *kwerk? (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?erg?-, *g?erk?-, *g?erw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; > North Frisian querke, quirke (“to querk”)), Danish kværke (“to throttle, strangle, suffocate”), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja (“to throttle, strangle”), Middle Low German querken (“to strangle”), Middle Low German querke, quarke (“throat, gullet”), Old High German querka, querkela (“throat, gullet”), Latin gurguli? (“throat”). More at gurgle.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??k/
- Rhymes: -??(r)k
- Homophone: quirk
Verb
querk (third-person singular simple present querks, present participle querking, simple past and past participle querked)
- (transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
- (intransitive) To grunt; moan.
Related terms
- querken
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