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View definitions for suffocated

suffocated

adjective as in smothered

Strongest match

Strong match

  • asphyxiated

Weak match

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Example Sentences

But they kept the faith, kept flying up in defence and, a year later, stepped up to lift the Rugby World Cup, having suffocated their way to the title.

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A few years later, the same gang - no longer linked to Thanh, he says - would be involved in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were discovered, suffocated, inside a lorry trailer in Essex.

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As well as deaths in the Channel, the figures include people dying on other parts of the journey to the UK, such as the 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a lorry trailer in 2019.

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Experiencing the height of fame in the pre-social media age, Spears' tightly controlled career saw her suffocated by the paparazzi and male executives until a very public breakdown.

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Of the four children, two suffocated to death in the fridge while two others died in the hospital while receiving treatment, the public broadcaster reported.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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