Bible Dictionaries
Suffocate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
(2):
(v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
(3):
(a.) Suffocated; choked.
(4):
(v. i.) To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Suffocate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/suffocate.html. 1828.