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suffocate

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suffocate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/

Verb

ergative figuratively transitive

(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.

Japanese Meaning

体内への酸素供給が極端に不足することにより、窒息状態に陥る、もしくは他者を窒息させる / 酸素不足によって死に至る、または誰かを死に追いやる

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

山火事の濃い煙が閉じ込められたハイカーたちの息を奪うおそれがあったため、救助隊はすぐに彼らを新鮮な空気のある方向へ導いた。

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Sense（1）

(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!

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Sense（2）

(ergative) 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.

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Sense（3）

(ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.

I'm suffocating under this huge workload.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.

to suffocate fire

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suffocates

（ present singular third-person ）

suffocating

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suffocated

（ participle past ）

suffocated

（ past ）

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