suffocate in Arabic

Arabic words for suffocate

(transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body

خَنَقَ ḵanaqa

(intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body

اِخْتَنَقَ iḵtanaqa

English meaning of suffocate

1. verb To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
2. verb To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
3. verb To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
4. verb To destroy; to extinguish.

Full definition of suffocate

suffocate in a sentence

• Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!
• He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.
• I'm suffocating under this huge workload.

Synonyms of suffocate

• asphyxiate
• choke
• stifle
• smother
• drown

All synonyms of suffocate

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Questions about suffocate in Arabic

What is the meaning of suffocate in Arabic?

Suffocate in Arabic is خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa), اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa).

ما معنى كلمة suffocate؟

Suffocate: خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa), اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa).

What does suffocate mean in English?

Suffocate means to suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.