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1 suffocate
(to kill, die, cause distress to or feel distress, through lack of air or the prevention of free breathing: A baby may suffocate if it sleeps with a pillow; The smoke was suffocating him; May I open the window? I'm suffocating.) zadušiti (se)* * *[sʌfəkeit]1.transitive verb(za)dušiti, ne dati dihati; (za)daviti; figuratively potlačiti, zadušiti, uničitiwe were suffocated — dušili smo se;2.intransitive verb(za)dušiti se; težko dihati, loviti sapo (zrak); figuratively umreti ( with od) -
2 drown
1) (to (cause to) sink in water and so suffocate and die: He drowned in the river; He tried to drown the cat.) utopiti (se)2) (to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a louder sound: His voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic.) preglasiti* * *[draun]1.intransitive verbutoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se;2.transitive verbpotopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničitito drown s.o.'s wine — priliti komu vode v vino -
3 smother
1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) zadušiti (se)2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) zadušiti3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) obsuti z* * *[smʌðə]1.noungost dim, oblak dima; zadušljiv dim, gosta para, megla, dušeče ozračje; tlenje, kadeč se pepel; snežni oblak; figuratively zmeda, zmešnjavafrom the smoke into the smother — iz hudega v hujše, z dežja pod kap;2.transitive verb(za)dušiti, potlačiti; obsuti ( with z); pokriti s pepelom (žerjavico); prekriti, utajiti, pridušiti (često up); pražiti, dušiti; sport čvrsto objeti (nasprotnika)to smother s.o. with kisses — zadušiti, obsuti koga s poljubi -
4 stifle
1) (to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate: He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!) zadušiti se2) (to extinguish or put out (flames).) ugasiti3) (to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).) zadušiti•- stifling* * *I [stáifl]transitive verb(za)dušiti, potlačiti; ugasiti (ogenj); figuratively zadušiti, uničiti (upanje); intransitive verb zadušiti se; ugasniti se; ugasnitiII [stáifl]nounzoology kolenski sklep (pregib)
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Suffocate — Suf fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. [1913 Webster] Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To destroy; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Suffocate — Suf fo*cate, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage. collier. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suffocate — Suf fo*cate, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. {Faucal}.] Suffocated; choked. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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suffocate — early 15c., from L. suffocatus, pp. of suffocare (see SUFFOCATION (Cf. suffocation)). Related: Suffocated; suffocating … Etymology dictionary
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