suffocated
Deprived of air
Suffocated is the past tense of suffocate—to die or kill by cutting off air supply.
Someone suffocated by a pillow or in a smoke-filled room cannot breathe.
The word extends to any overwhelming restriction: I felt suffocated by their constant attention.
A suffocated relationship or talent has been smothered rather than allowed to breathe.
Had airway blocked
- smotheredDeprived of air
- strangledKilled by throat compression
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
airless · stifled · throttled · asphyxia · hypoxia · anoxia · constricted · compressed
choked
Had airway blocked
breathless · airless · stifled · throttled · asphyxia · hypoxia · anoxia · constricted · compressed · respiratory
smothered
Deprived of air
- stifledForcibly held in
- trappedUnable to escape
- claustrophobicFearing confined spaces
oppressed · crushed · engulfed · overpowered · swamped · drowning · inundated · burdened · pressured · crowded
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
- overprotectivesmothered, hovering, helicopter parenting, mollycoddled, infantilized
suffocatedbreathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
respiring · oxygenated · ventilated · breathed · aerated
suffocatedunrestricted
Having no limitations
unconfined · unconstrained · free · released · uncompressed
suffocatedliberated
Released from confinement
free · unburdened · emancipated · autonomous · independent
suffocate, suffocating, suffocation, suffocates, suffocations