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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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Recent Examples of suffocated
Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The hefty down duvet is almost as comforting as a weighted blanket, but sufficiently light and breathable so those who run hot don’t feel suffocated.
—Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled and mutilated.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Additionally, soil that is constantly wet can become compacted, which the horticulturist says could reduce its ability to drain properly leading to suffocated roots that are unable to expand properly.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Since Ibsen wrote the suffocated aristocrat with her poison tongue into existence 135 years ago, titans of theatre have grappled with Gabler.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
As the disconnect grows, propelled by high valuations and rising speculation in financial markets, Zandi cautioned that the real economy could be suffocated.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Some athletes feel suffocated by the obligations that fame brings.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
Some athletes feel suffocated by the obligations that fame brings.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
That will require out-foxing Patriots defensive play-caller Zak Kuhr, whose pressure game plans suffocated the Chargers and Texans the past two weeks.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Freedom can unlock Iranians’ potential that has been suffocated for decades.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Replaced by sycophants and suffocated by the clergy’s interference in daily life, this class has long since lost faith in the system.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
The Niners’ offense was suffocated Saturday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The first album of the MEMENTO MORI era, 2018’s My Dear Melancholy, is a dark and paranoid EP, more sinister, suffocated, and sparse than previous work.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The hefty down duvet is almost as comforting as a weighted blanket, but sufficiently light and breathable so those who run hot don’t feel suffocated.
—Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled and mutilated.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Additionally, soil that is constantly wet can become compacted, which the horticulturist says could reduce its ability to drain properly leading to suffocated roots that are unable to expand properly.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Since Ibsen wrote the suffocated aristocrat with her poison tongue into existence 135 years ago, titans of theatre have grappled with Gabler.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Anthony Edwards scored 34 points, but the Magic suffocated his supporting cast.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
As the disconnect grows, propelled by high valuations and rising speculation in financial markets, Zandi cautioned that the real economy could be suffocated.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Some athletes feel suffocated by the obligations that fame brings.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
Some athletes feel suffocated by the obligations that fame brings.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
That will require out-foxing Patriots defensive play-caller Zak Kuhr, whose pressure game plans suffocated the Chargers and Texans the past two weeks.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Freedom can unlock Iranians’ potential that has been suffocated for decades.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Replaced by sycophants and suffocated by the clergy’s interference in daily life, this class has long since lost faith in the system.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
The Niners’ offense was suffocated Saturday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffocated
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An autopsy showed Dee Warner was strangled and had suffered blunt force trauma.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Police took the wire Sharrey was strangled with to area farm stores to try to identify who purchased it, but were told the style of wire hadn’t been produced in several years.—
Audrey Abrahams,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 2026
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In his first public comments since the conflict choked Middle East energy shipments, the head of the region’s largest oil producer said Aramco can divert more crude to an alternative route that avoids the Strait of Hormuz.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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Roads in the Lebanese capital were choked with evacuating traffic as smoke rose over the city’s southern districts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After all, the other person almost eliminated first (Chrissy Hofbeck, who vomited earlier that day at the challenge) ended up making it all the way to day 39.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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The girl vomited and went to lie down where Marino allegedly rapes her, the prosecutor added.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Robust, malty, and melt-in-your-mouth tender, this smothered cabbage recipe will warm your soul and delight your tastebuds.—
Pableaux Johnson,
Southern Living,
25 Nov. 2025
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The smothered steak biscuit is available to order in-store and online through January 2026, a Bojangles spokesperson told CharlotteFive.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Attached to it is a video of Andrea Yates, the real Texas woman who drowned her five children amid an episode of postpartum psychosis and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, per the New York Times.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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There is still some of that here, but a lot of Martin’s light-touch meanness is drowned out by his insistence on describing his characters within the context of early COVID — pulling out those masks from the closet.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis recently showed, local demonstrations often become national news only once protesters’ lives have been imperilled or, worse, extinguished.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Dariusz Stola steered the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to become a breakthrough in Poland’s recognition of its extinguished Jewish past.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ideal for thick, natural hair, the cream formula moisturizes quenched curls with ingredients such as silk protein, coconut oil, and shea butter.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Suffocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffocated. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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