soffocare meaning in English — asphyxiate, choke, damp

English meaning

asphyxiate verb To smother or suffocate someone.
choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.

soffocare is used for these senses in English:

asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
choke (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
damp (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
quash To defeat decisively, to suppress.
smother (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.

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