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suffocate vs snuff it

snuff it vs suffocate

suffocate and snuff it both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suffocate No No Yes No
snuff it No No Yes No
As verbs, snuff it is a hypernym of suffocate; that is, snuff it is a word with a broader meaning than suffocate:
  • suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
  • snuff it: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of suffocate include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off.
suffocate (verb) snuff it (verb)
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
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