vt. 使窒息, 噎住, 闷熄

vi. 闷死, 窒息, 受阻

[医] 使窒息

Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i.
To become choked, stifled, or smothered. ``A swelling
discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without
passage.'' --collier.


Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare
to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. {Faucal}.]
Suffocated; choked. --Shak.


Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to
smother.

Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak.

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.