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# suffocation

noun (no plural)

«suffocation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Suffocation is being unable to breathe properly, or the feeling of being choked by heat, smoke or a crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/#m1)

### In the lessons

air so stuffy, hot or thick that people struggle to breathe

### Examples

- The smoke caused suffocation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/#x1)
- The room was so full that it felt like suffocation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/#x2)
- The heat was close to suffocation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suffocation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suffocation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suffocation.html) on Mova free.