"Suffocate" means to cause someone or something to be unable to breathe, usually by blocking their airway or reducing the amount of air they can get.
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A baby is at higher risk of
suffocating in a baby sling if he or she was born prematurely or with a low birth weight or has breathing problems, such as a cold.
I decided to end the engagement after months of feeling
suffocated by my fiancé.
But the Oscars and the public were far more inclined towards the movie about the single dad and the feminist mother who
felt suffocated in the confines of her domestic life.
60 % of world supplies come from China but you should be able to avoid them easily in the shops; there are lotsof different products to buy and because non-organic garlic is completely safe, you're
not suffocated by crippling strictness.
Stay connected with text messages or short emails with news from home that help your young adult feel close to you without feeling
suffocated with long phone calls.
Most importantly, you won't
suffocate under the pressure of accumulating debts.
The City of Chicago actually recently banned crib bumpers because «federal regulators for years have received reports of
babies suffocating in cases that involved crib bumpers, yet have failed to warn parents or investigate all deaths.»
I'm sure you've heard about the sling recalls and the babies who
suffocated while in the slings.
In a battle for control of the AFC South, the Texans knocked off the Colts 16 - 10 with
suffocating defense, and a surprisingly efficient relief performance by Brandon Weeden after T.J. Yates tore his ACL.
Much like how some managers try to claim credit when their team is performing well, and blaming the players when it isn't, over the last two seasons it has become common practise to suggest United have been freed from Van Gaal's philosophy whenever they succeed and blame his system
for suffocating their play when they don't.
Now, as the sweltering summer heat descends on this part of the country, all of us who either worked in or on the Gulf to are watching helplessly as the fruits of our labor and dedication
slowly suffocate under this cloak of black death.
This courageous dive into the deep end can easily feel
suffocating if we abandon ourselves from moments of laughter and discovering new experiences.
The restrictions are to keep animals from
suffocating when cargo holds become too warm or from being exposed to freezing temperatures.
Unfortunately that has lead to several people
suffocating after getting caught between the cotsides and the mattress (not to mention injuries from climbing over the cotsides or getting limbs tangled in them).
We could all enjoy the benefits of a peaceful, equality - driven society where self - betterment is the goal and harmonious co-existence is the reality, or we could end up cleaning the cameras outside our communal silos
before suffocating on noxious gases.
Eggers manages to create a sense of mood and dread that is
so suffocating at times that it feels like we're watching something genuinely transgressive, something we should not be seeing.
Hurricane Irma knocked out a transformer that powered the central air conditioning at the 152 - bed facility on Sept. 10, leaving residents for days to cope in
suffocating heat.
Sometimes your wages won't be enough to cover it and you might feel a bit lost,
even suffocated in regards to paying off the rest of your outgoings.
Common themes include concerns
about suffocating bureaucracy, unnecessary duplication of effort, management problems that have contributed to massive cost overruns in some projects, and a perceived failure to maximize commercialization of lab discoveries and technologies.
It's gorgeously shot and beautifully acted, and it has moments of heartbreaking poignancy, but it's also
nearly suffocated by its own nobility.
These are not body fit dress so you will not feel
suffocated at all.
He's presented research findings based on several analyses he's done that suggest once sucralose levels in a body of water rise above 57 parts per trillion, it's an indicator that the water is experiencing some level of human impact and the onset of eutrophication — nutrient loading that can encourage plant growth and
suffocate animal life.
Your little one could roll over into the crack on the back of the couch and
become suffocated by the cushions.
A baby can
also suffocate if a sleeping parent accidentally rolls over and covers the baby's nose and mouth.
And when we lose that impression of being challenged by the mystery of the transcendent, our world becomes closed in on itself in a way that is
too suffocating for the human spirit.
President Buhari, indeed, hurriedly returned home consequent upon
suffocating pressure at home and lately in London.
But the meatiest role in this story of
suffocating family bonds belongs to Bale, who plays Micky's ne'er - do - well trainer and half brother, Dicky Eklund, whose own career went off the rails when he developed a drug habit.
«That was not the sound of a
person suffocating from mesothelioma, although it sounds like that a little bit sometimes,» Ellebracht said.
No actual evidence exists to support these claims, and several infants have
actually suffocated as a result of their use.
After the introduction of this bill, Baldwin said, «Higher education should be a path to prosperity, not a path
into suffocating debt.»
Those that are formulated with chemicals could include sulfates
which suffocate pests and kill them instantly.
Coppola's idea, to do the reverse, had promise, except that she lards it within
suffocating style touches and pulls back from embracing the wildness and vitality of the story.
The versatility of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, combined with a powerful running game and a
potentially suffocating defense, give San Francisco an edge in this game, but counting out the Ravens has been foolish this postseason.
There is so much more life to live and to give to others that is
sometimes suffocated by our need to do more.
Indeed, that was the original intention: to free schools from
suffocating regulation and give parents choices.
Opportunities for such experiences are largely absent in his new country, which offers its citizens a quietly
suffocating blanket of state - dictated social services, but little more than that, and certainly no religion.
Perfectionism is a safety mechanism that proposes to offer lasting affirmation while at the same
time suffocating whatever fragments of self - esteem a person had left within them.