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# suffocation

«suffocation» in Mova's school dictionary: **being unable to breathe properly, or the feeling of being…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

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

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suffocation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffocation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.