Suffocate

suf′ō-kāt, v.t. to choke by stopping the breath: to stifle:— pa.p. suff′ocāted. — p.adj. ( Shak. ) suffocated.— p.adj. Suff′ocāting , choking.— adv. Suff′ocātingly .— n. Suffocā′tion , act of suffocating: state of being suffocated.— adj. Suff′ocātive , tending to suffocate. [L. suffocāre , -ātum — sub , under, fauces , the throat.]