suffocate#2 (v)
stifle#3 (v)
asphyxiate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def be asphyxiated
def die from lack of oxygen
examples The child suffocated under the pillow
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Outgoing links
Verb Group smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
Hypernym die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Derivationally related form asphyxiate → asphyxiation; asphyxiate → asphyxiation
Derivationally related form asphyxiate → asphyxia
Derivationally related form suffocate → suffocative
Derivationally related form suffocate → suffocation
Hyponym strangle
Incoming links
Derivationally related form suffocative → suffocate
Derivationally related form asphyxiation → asphyxiate; asphyxiation → asphyxiate
Derivationally related form suffocation → suffocate
Derivationally related form asphyxia → asphyxiate
Hyponym die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Hypernym strangle
Verb Group smother, asphyxiate, suffocate

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