SUFFOCATE, SUFFOCATED, SUFFOCATING, SUFFOCATION
ADJECTIVES
1460 — SUFFOCATE suffocated by deprivation of air → obs.
1864 — SMOTHERSOME oppressively hot or humid; suffocating → Amer. dial.
1867 — MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst → Eng. dial.
1928 — SMOTHERLY suffocating, oppressive → Amer. dial.
1942 — STUFFOCATING stuffy, suffocating → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1825 — SCOMFISH a suffocating atmosphere; a state of suffocation → Sc.
1826 — SMOTHERATION a smothering; suffocation
1894 — SMOOR a stifling or suffocating atmosphere; smoke, etc. → Sc.
VERBS
..725 — SMORE to suffocate; to smother → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1200 — ACHOKE to choke, to suffocate → obs.
1440 — GAG to strangle, to suffocate → obs.
1440 — QUERKEN to choke, to suffocate, to stifle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1481 — SMOULDER to smother, to suffocate → obs.
1490 — SUFFOKE to suffocate, to drown → obs.
1535 — SMOOR to smother, to stifle; to suffocate; to deprive of life by suffocation → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1561 — QUEZZEN to suffocate with noxious vapour → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1611 — WHIRKEN to choke, to suffocate, to stifle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1622 — QUACKLE to interrupt breathing; to suffocate; to choke → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1766 — SCOMFISH — SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes → Sc.
1781 — QUAWKEN — QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate → Eng. dial.
1829 — BURKE to murder; to kill by suffocation or strangulation, or for the purpose of selling the victim’s body for dissection
1904 — SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIZZLE to suffocate → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1942 — SMOTHERATE to suffocate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNUFFOCATE to suffocate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — STUFFOCATE to suffocate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1953 — OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation → Amer. dial.