SUFFOCATE
9 letters
17 Scrabble points
/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
Definition of SUFFOCATE
verb
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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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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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To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
"I'm suffocating under this huge workload."
adjective
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Suffocated; choked.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
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Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
17 points
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