tukehduttaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- asphyxiate verb To stop someone breathing by cutting off their air supply.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
Senses
tukehduttaa is used for these senses in English:
- asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
asphyxiate — full definition
- verb To stop someone breathing by cutting off their air supply.
- verb To stop breathing because the air supply has been cut off.
smother — full definition
- verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- verb To suppress or hold back a feeling, reaction, or activity almost completely.
- verb To cover something thickly, especially food, with a sauce, topping, or affection.
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