Suffocate

suf fo-kat, v. t. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle, smother; to destroy, extinguish. — v. i. To become choked, stifled; or smothered. — Suffocation, n. Act of suffocating, choking, or stifling; condition of being suffocated.— Suffocative, -tiv, a. Tending or able to suffocate.