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suffocate in Persian

خفه شدن xafe šodan

/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/

suffocate in Persian: خفه شدن (xafe šodan). In English, suffocate means to suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

Persian words for suffocate

(intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
خفه شدن xafe šodan

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

All synonyms of suffocate

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Questions about suffocate in Persian

What is the meaning of suffocate in Persian?
Suffocate in Persian is خفه شدن (xafe šodan).
معنی suffocate چیست؟
Suffocate: خفه شدن (xafe šodan).
What does suffocate mean in English?
Suffocate means to suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

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