| suffocate |
smother: 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" impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" gag: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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| supraorbital |
located or occurring above the eye socket
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| subfamily |
(biology) a taxonomic category below a family
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| suffocation |
killing by depriving of oxygen the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
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| susceptible |
(often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" easily impressed emotionally
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