Translation of "suffocate" to French

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Dictionary translations for "suffocate"

suffocate [ˈsʌfəkeɪt] verb Conjugation

suffocated / suffocated / suffocating / suffocates

étouffer

I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.

J'ai pensé que j'allais étouffer dans ce train bondé.

s'étouffer (med)

étrangler (crime)

paralyser (fig)

suffoquer (fig)

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Contexts with "suffocate"

I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train. J'ai pensé que j'allais étouffer dans ce train bondé.

She suffocated him with a pillow. Elle l'étouffa avec un oreiller.

Through freeing thought from its object, Descartes enabled the viewing of the latter in only mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense. En libérant la pensée de son objet, Descartes a permis de considérer ce dernier en termes exclusivement mécaniques, réouvrant la voie à la science, étouffée depuis plus de quinze siècles sous l'ineptie religieuse.

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