smother (v)
asphyxiate (v)
suffocate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
examples Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Entailment cover
Hypernym kill
Derivationally related form suffocate → suffocation
Derivationally related form asphyxiate → asphyxiation; asphyxiate → asphyxiation
Derivationally related form asphyxiate → asphyxia
Verb Group suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
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Derivationally related form asphyxiation → asphyxiate; asphyxiation → asphyxiate
Derivationally related form suffocation → suffocate
Derivationally related form asphyxia → asphyxiate
Verb Group suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
Hyponym kill

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