• v.
    ⦿deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
    lexical concept
  • Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
  • The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:asphyxiate
  2. enl:smother
  3. enl:suffocate
wn:interlingual indexili:i29576

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelasphyxiatesmothersuffocate