Verb
1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow""The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"