• v.
    ⦿impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    lexical concept
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

Semantic relations

or learn more about the individual relations.

Diagram
Relations diagram for the current synset

! Data may be omitted; view table for full details.

Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:asphyxiate
  2. enl:choke
  3. enl:stifle
  4. enl:suffocate
wn:interlingual indexili:i29100

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelasphyxiatechokestiflesuffocate