suffocatet (sufokat)

[L. suffocatus, pp.: see the verb.] Suffocated; choked. This chaos, when degree is suffocate , Follows the choking. Shak . , T. and C., L. 3. 125. suffocating (suf'ō-ka-ting), p . a . Choking; stifling. The suffocating sense of woe. Byron, Pro me the us. suffocatingly (suf'ō-ka-ting-li), ade . In a suffocating manner; so as to suffocate. suffocation (suf-o-kā'shon), n. [ suffoca tion = Sp. sufocacion = Pg. suffocação = It. soffocazione , suffocatio (n-), a choking, stifling, suffocare , choke, stifle: see suffocate .] 1. The act of suffocating, choking, or stifling. Death by asphyxia is a common mode of accomplishing homicide, as by suffocation , hanging, strangulation. Encyc . Brit . , XV. 780. IMG:content-2429.png:[blocks in formation] suffo ion