Suf"fo*cate (?), a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. Shak.

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.

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

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

Suf"fo*cate (?), a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. Shak.

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.

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

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

• to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
  
• to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body
  
• to cause someone to suffer severly reduced oxygen supply to his body
  
• to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake