SUFFOCATED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

suffocated 1 of 2

adjective

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as in choked

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suffocated

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verb

past tense of suffocate

as in strangled

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air the law requires the owner of a discarded refrigerator to remove its door so that a child won't get trapped inside and suffocate

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as in throttled

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe temporarily suffocated by the seat belt

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as in vomited

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe suffocating in the thick, black smoke of the burning building

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But experts wonder if the next phase will be a new dawn for a people strangled by a brutal autocracy – or whether sectarianism will bring a different type of authoritarian rule.

Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Now, as the anti-regime coalition starts to disband Assad’s military, and lays out its vision for a post-Assad Syria, experts wonder if the next phase will be a new dawn for a people strangled by a brutal autocracy – or whether sectarianism will bring a different type of authoritarian rule.

Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024

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