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Meanings of suffocation in English
Usage of suffocation in English
1
The Judge suggested she do something outside th home to avoid suffocation.
2
But the heat and the suffocation in this atmosphere became almost insupportable.
3
This turbid air is like suffocation to the eyes; I cannot see.
4
The meeting was held in the theatre, which was crowded to suffocation.
5
It was a formidable campaign; a nocturnal battle against pestilence and suffocation.
6
I inhale suffocation; I can't distinguish veal from mutton; nothing interests me.
7
There was a strange choking sensation in the throat which threatened suffocation.
8
He was out of breath and dizzy; his heart beat to suffocation.
9
I have to think, can't think, through the suffocation of this box.
10
Only now the technology prevented suffocation, as currents kept yanking him down.
11
The agony of suffocation possessed him to the exclusion of all else.
12
They felt they must climb, a bit of suffocation in their hearts.
13
They have attacks of slight suffocation sometimes, especially seen in young children.
14
He was now firmly on his feet, but in danger of suffocation.
15
The room was crowded to suffocation with weeping relatives and sympathetic neighbors.
16
A brusque question caused him to stutter to the point of suffocation.
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Suffocation through the time
Suffocation across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common