suffocate lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
• feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen "The child suffocated under the pillow"
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of "His job suffocated him"
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"