Definition of "suffocated" [suffocated]

• Of someone or something that has died as a result of suffocation. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of suffocate. (verb)

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• "I wouldn't have cared because I felt bad for her, but I almost suffocated from the smell."
• "Exposure to methane gas led to the deaths of four family members and a farmhand, but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said."
• "A worker told me that some animals suffocated from the weight of their paunch on their lungs before they could be safely approached."