Suffocate

//ˈsʌfəkeɪt//

Synonyms for "suffocate" (130 found)

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Verb(2 words)
drowngag

Related words (65)

Verb(1 words)
strangle

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Translations

185 translations across 47 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • انخنق verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • اِخْتَنَقَ verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • خَنَق verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • خَنَقَ verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • boğmaq verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • boğmaq verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • душы́ць verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • душы́ць verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • задушы́ць verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • задушы́ць verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • задуша́ verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • задуша́ verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • задуша́ се verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • задуша́вам verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • подусити verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Catalan

3 entries
  • ofegar verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • ofegar sufocar verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • ofegar-se verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • lumos verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • lumos verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 使窒息 verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • 窒息 verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Czech

4 entries
  • dusit verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dusit verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • dusit se verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • dusit se verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Danish

4 entries
  • kvæle verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • kvæle verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • kvæles verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • kvæles verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • sufoki verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • sufokiĝi verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kódna verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tukehduttaa verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • tukehduttaa verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • tukehtua verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • tukehtua verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

French

3 entries
  • suffoquer verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • suffoquer verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • étouffer verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Galician

4 entries
  • abafar verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • abafar verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • afogar verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • afogar verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

German

4 entries
  • ersticken verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • ersticken verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • ersticken verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • würgen verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • חנק verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • חנק verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • נחנק verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • נחנק verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • nalumos verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fuldoklik verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • fullad verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • megfojt verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • megfullad verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kafna verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Irish

2 entries
  • plúch verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • plúch verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 窒息させる verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • 窒息する verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • bafa verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Korean

2 entries
  • 질식시키다 verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • 질식하다 verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Ladino

1 entries
  • atabafar verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Latin

2 entries
  • suffōcor verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • suffōcō verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Lombard

4 entries
  • sofegar verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • sofegar verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • sofegar verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • sofegar verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • póddušyś verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • zadušyś verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • гуши verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • души verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • задуши verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • задушува verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kveles verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بوغمق verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Persian

1 entries
  • خفه شدن verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Polish

4 entries
  • dusić verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dusić verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • dusić się verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • udusić verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • sufocar verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • sufocar verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • sufocar verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • sufocar verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)

Quechua

1 entries
  • hiq'ipay verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Russian

4 entries
  • души́ть verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • души́ть verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • задохну́ться verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • задохну́ться verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ugušívati verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • ugušívati se verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • ugúšiti verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • ugúšiti se verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Slovak

4 entries
  • Slovak podusiť verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dusiť verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dusiť sa verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • udusiť verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Slovene

4 entries
  • dušiti verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dušiti se verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • zadušiti se verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • zadušiti se verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ahogar verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • sofocar verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kväva verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • kväva verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • kvävas verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • kvävas verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Tày

4 entries
  • bắt verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • bỉ verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • ngằn verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • pư verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • души́ти verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • души́ти verb ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake)
  • задиха́тися verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • задиха́тися verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Upper Sorbian

3 entries
  • dodusyć verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • dusyć verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)
  • podusyć verb ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body)

Venetan

1 entries
  • sofegar verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • chết ngạt verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • chết ngộp verb ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body)
  • ngạt verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)
  • ngạt thở verb ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.

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If I slap you, the whole city will suffocate from face powder.

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I thought I was going to suffocate on that train, which was absolutely packed.

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Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much heat that fish are beginning to suffocate.

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