to strangle vs. to suffocate vs. to smother (за)душить
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to strangle - задушить = удавить механически
to suffocate - задушить = лишить доступа воздуха/кислорода (любым способом)
to smother - задушить = лишить доступа воздуха/кислорода закрыв лицо чем либо, либо покрыв толстым слоем чего-то мешающего дышать
strangle verb BrE /ˈstræŋɡl/ ; NAmE /ˈstræŋɡl/
1. strangle somebody to kill somebody by squeezing or pressing on their throat and neck
to strangle somebody to death
He strangled her with her own scarf.
Whenever she starts going on about her beloved son, I could cheerfully strangle her.
2. strangle something to prevent something from growing or developing
The current monetary policy is strangling the economy.
‘Oh, no!’ she cried, strangling a sob.
This project should have been strangled at birth.
S -strangled->O
suffocate verb BrE /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/ ; NAmE /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
1. [intransitive, transitive] to die because there is no air to breathe; to kill somebody by not letting them breathe air
Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars.
suffocate somebody/something The couple were suffocated by fumes from a faulty gas fire.
He put the pillow over her face and suffocated her.
(figurative) She felt suffocated by all the rules and regulations.
2. [intransitive] be suffocating if it is suffocating, it is very hot and there is little fresh air
Can I open a window? It's suffocating in here!
suffocate (v.) early 15c. (transitive), "deprive of air, choke, kill by preventing access of air to the lungs," also figurative, "stifle, smother, extinguish," from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare "to choke" (see suffocation). Intransitive use, "become choked, stifled, or smothered," is from 1702. Related: Suffocated; suffocating.
S -suffocated->O
S -suffocated
smother verb BrE /ˈsmʌðə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈsmʌðər/
1. smother somebody (with something) to kill somebody by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
synonym suffocate
He smothered the baby with a pillow.
to be smothered to death
2. smother something/somebody with/in something to cover something/somebody thickly or with too much of something
a rich dessert smothered in cream
She smothered him with kisses.
Try our rich orange sorbet smothered in fluffy whipped cream and nuts.
snow smothered the trails
3. smother something to prevent something from developing or being expressed
synonym stifle
to smother a yawn/giggle/grin
The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.
4. smother somebody to give somebody too much love or protection so that they feel restricted
Her husband was very loving, but she felt smothered.
5. smother something to make a fire stop burning by covering it with something
He tried to smother the flames with a blanket.
Word Origin Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate’.
S -smothered->O
we were smothered with soot and ashes cascading from the fireplace — мы не могли продохнуть от сажи и золы, сыплющихся из камина
to smother with kisses — задушить поцелуями
to smother with smoke [with dust] — задыхаться от дыма, пыли
from /out of/ smoke into smother — из огня да в полымя
These people suffocated to death in the ash and the smoke and were buried in it (Pompeii)
suffocate
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Verb
S: (v) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing) "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
S: (v) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of) "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
S: (v) suffocate, choke (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled) "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
S: (v) suffocate, choke (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of) "His job suffocated him"
S: (v) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen) "The child suffocated under the pillow"
S: (v) suffocate (feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air) "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
S: (v) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake) "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
smother
Noun
S: (n) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother (a confused multitude of things)
S: (n) smother (a stifling cloud of smoke)
Verb
S: (v) smother, surround (envelop completely) "smother the meat in gravy"
S: (v) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing) "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
S: (v) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress (suppress in order to conceal or hide) "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
S: (v) smother (form an impenetrable cover over) "the butter cream smothered the cake"
S: (v) smother, put out (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion) "smother fires"