The discovery that plants need sunlight to grow, or that fish suffocate when they emerge from the water, requires no quantification. The most important development, however, will depend on sanctions aimed at stifling the regime, a current point of division. When you suffocate, you have trouble breathing, either because you are strangled to death or because you are in a suffocating room. They can also suffocate figuratively when something is restricted. suffocate (suffocate comparatively more, superlatives suffocate the most) They would suffocate first, and later their bodies would be swallowed into the stomach of the earth. In fact, before he had time to suffocate, MacPherson was there. Choking can also mean dying from lack of oxygen. If you are a miner trapped in a collapsed mine, you may suffocate. Less seriously, if your school`s ventilation system is turned off, you may feel like you`re suffocating. And if your art teacher insists that you produce Dadaist paintings, you may feel like she`s trying to stifle your talent. In industries where certain brands have become synonymous with their original product, new brands can easily be removed from the game. Insects do not suffocate easily, and in most cases it is worse than useless to drill air holes in such boxes. The gas escaping from this crack is so strong that it would suffocate a person holding his head close to the ground.
I hated that the city`s response to the tragedy and suffering was to suffocate the affected family carefully. His adopted daughter tried to suffocate a younger biological brother. Somewhere in the theater you can also hear a sweet “helper” moaning: a woman chokes on her own tears. Many women in these times scream that something is broken in the throat, and they fear suffocation. From the Latin suffocatus, past particile of suffocare (“to suffocate, to suffocate”), from sub (“under”) + false (“the upper part of the throat, the throat”). We read letters on Zoom, stuffy family dinners, the role of sound and music, birthdays, and racially charged get-togethers. The trade embargo is choking the country`s economy. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! borrowed from the Latin suffÅcÄtus, past participle of suffÅcÄre “to suffocate, suffocate, extract the air, to press”, from suf-, assimilated form of sub- + -fÅcÄre, verbal derivement of fauc-, false (usually plural faucÄs) “upper part of the throat, throat, trachea”, of obscure origin Dozens of businesses in the city are suffocating because they delay their return to work or, worse, choose to work from home forever.
Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Selfby Danielle Evans A powerful collection of short stories from a rising star. 15. 1a(1) They pay to cope with crackling health waves, violent hurricanes and suffocating smoke from wildfires.
