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suffocate

/'səfə,keɪt/ · səfəkeɪt

Suffocate has 3 syllables: suf · fo · cate.

suf
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fo
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cate
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verb. Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.

verb. Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.

verb. Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.

verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.

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