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- adjective Of someone or something that has died as a result of
suffocation . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
suffocate .
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Examples
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I wouldn't have cared because I felt bad for her, but I almost suffocated from the smell.
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Exposure to methane gas led to the deaths of four family members and a farmhand, but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said.
Boing Boing 2007
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A worker told me that some animals suffocated from the weight of their paunch on their lungs before they could be safely approached.
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A worker told me that some animals suffocated from the weight of their paunch on their lungs before they could be safely approached.
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Iraq inquiry being 'suffocated' - Lib Dem leader Clegg
WN.com - Articles related to US 'did not believe Britain would refuse to send forces to Iraq' 2009
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Iraq inquiry being 'suffocated' - Lib Dem leader Clegg
WN.com - Articles related to US 'did not believe Britain would refuse to send forces to Iraq' 2009
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My hypothesis is since we was found lying down, he could have even suffocated, which is what can happen.
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How, then, can the risk of being suffocated, which is no imaginary one, be lessened?
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother 1859
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The president allegedly argued that people felt "suffocated," and that allowing more social and personal freedoms, as well as more freedom of the press, would help to defuse the situation.
WikiLeaks: Iranian Leader Was Slapped For Taking Liberal Stance The Huffington Post 2011
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"The ones that are shot, and the ones that are é touff é e or "suffocated"."
Roasted pigeon au sang, polenta churros, spiced wine sauce Amy Ma 2010
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