Suffocate

(verb.) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; 'The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating'.

(verb.) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; 'The child suffocated under the pillow'.

(verb.) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; 'His job suffocated him'.

(verb.) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; 'He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village'.

(verb.) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; 'The foul air was slowly suffocating the children'.

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• Maurice, we must make a sally, and get into the clear air beyond, else this smoke will suffocate us, and thus give them the advantage. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I resolved to take a dog and hold him myself; suffocate him a little, and time him; suffocate him some more and then finish him. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• To be suffocated? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They suffocated some in mud, and suspended others by the feet, or the head, or the thumbs, kindling fires below them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And this is the faithful creature,' exclaimed Mr. Ben Allen, 'whom I had nearly suffocated! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Her voice was suffocated with sobs. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The house is situated on a dead flat, and seems to be shut in--almost suffocated, to my north-country notions, by trees. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The wounded who had not strength to move themselves were either suffocated or burned to death. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Altogether, I had like to have been suffocated. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Roman science was stillborn, into a suffocating atmosphere of vile wealth and military oppression. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now, if the skeleton up-stairs had taken that opportunity, for instance, of calling out 'Here I am, suffocating in the closet! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The sound came like a reproach, a scoff--like the sting of remorse in the soul--I gasped--the veins and muscles of my throat swelled, suffocating me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The place was intolerably dirty, and the smell of tobacco smoke perfectly suffocating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I saw them'--he stopped as though he were suffocating, and began again--'I saw them walking side by side, last night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It suffocates me! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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