Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to suffocate
Participle: suffocated
Gerund: suffocating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | suffocate |
| you | suffocate |
| he;she;it | suffocates |
| we | suffocate |
| you | suffocate |
| they | suffocate |
Perfect
| I | have suffocated |
| you | have suffocated |
| he;she;it | has suffocated |
| we | have suffocated |
| you | have suffocated |
| they | have suffocated |
Past
| I | suffocated |
| you | suffocated |
| he;she;it | suffocated |
| we | suffocated |
| you | suffocated |
| they | suffocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had suffocated |
| you | had suffocated |
| he;she;it | had suffocated |
| we | had suffocated |
| you | had suffocated |
| they | had suffocated |
Future
| I | will suffocate |
| you | will suffocate |
| he;she;it | will suffocate |
| we | will suffocate |
| you | will suffocate |
| they | will suffocate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have suffocated |
| you | will have suffocated |
| he;she;it | will have suffocated |
| we | will have suffocated |
| you | will have suffocated |
| they | will have suffocated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | suffocate |
| you | suffocate |
| he;she;it | suffocate |
| we | suffocate |
| you | suffocate |
| they | suffocate |
Perfect
| I | have suffocated |
| you | have suffocated |
| he;she;it | have suffocated |
| we | have suffocated |
| you | have suffocated |
| they | have suffocated |
Imperfect
| I | suffocated |
| you | suffocated |
| he;she;it | suffocated |
| we | suffocated |
| you | suffocated |
| they | suffocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had suffocated |
| you | had suffocated |
| he;she;it | had suffocated |
| we | had suffocated |
| you | had suffocated |
| they | had suffocated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would suffocate |
| you | would suffocate |
| he;she;it | would suffocate |
| we | would suffocate |
| you | would suffocate |
| they | would suffocate |
Perfect
| I | would have suffocated |
| you | would have suffocated |
| he;she;it | would have suffocated |
| we | would have suffocated |
| you | would have suffocated |
| they | would have suffocated |
Imperative
| you | suffocate |
| we | Let's suffocate |
| you | suffocate |
Verbs conjugated like 'suffocate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'suffocate'
sufflate,
sulfonate,
subrogate,
suffice,
suffragate,
sulfate,
sulfurate,
surrogate,
advocate,
æquivocate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1526; from Middle English suffocat(e) (“deprived of air, suffocated”), borrowed from Latin suffōcātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin suffōcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from sub- (“under, up to”) + fōx (“throat”, oblique stem in fōc-). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. See: Latin '
suffōcō'.
Verbs referencing "suffocate"
Spanish
sofocar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] passengers would do well to fix it, among themselves. In this state of things, matters seem to be approximating to a fix of another kind, when another inside passenger in a corner, who is nearly suffocated, cries faintly, ‘I 'll get out. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to make our whole northern community used to them, for the glory of the Union. So the trader only regarded the mortal anguish which he saw working in those dark features, those clenched hands, and suffocating breathings, as necessary incidents of the trade, and merely calculated whether she was going to scream, and get up a commotion on the boat; for, like other supporters of our peculiar institution, he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)