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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
suffocate .
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Examples
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I think the popular theory is that keeping the wart covered somehow "suffocates" it.
Archive 2009-08-01 Steve Perry 2009
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"suffocates" cheese and traps too much moisture, making the cheese susceptible to mold.
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The existing sponsorship system in the UAE breeds complacency and suffocates innovation among nationals who find it an easy way to make income.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: The Sponsorship System Is on the Wrong Side of History Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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Plus, in supporting this new environment and the restructure, we are reinforcing the climate, which suffocates the existing broken structure.
Tiffany Crawford: A Climate of Change: Corporate Greed, Creativity, and the Shift Tiffany Crawford 2012
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The truth is that the existing sponsorship system in the UAE breeds complacency and suffocates innovation among nationals who find it an easy way to make income.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: The Sponsorship System Is on the Wrong Side of History Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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The truth is that the existing sponsorship system in the UAE breeds complacency and suffocates innovation among nationals who find it an easy way to make income.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: The Sponsorship System Is on the Wrong Side of History Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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At the same time, there exists an inefficient government which is persisting on an economic policy which raises taxes, suffocates growth, and shrinks the purchasing power of the people.
Thanos Dimadis: Thousands of Splayed Hands of "Indignant Greeks" Target the Parliament Thanos Dimadis 2011
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This policy suffocates free speech while adding significant administrative tax compliance burdens on all taxpayers.
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At the same time, there exists an inefficient government which is persisting on an economic policy which raises taxes, suffocates growth, and shrinks the purchasing power of the people.
Thanos Dimadis: Thousands of Splayed Hands of "Indignant Greeks" Target the Parliament Thanos Dimadis 2011
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The existing sponsorship system in the UAE breeds complacency and suffocates innovation among nationals who find it an easy way to make income.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: The Sponsorship System Is on the Wrong Side of History Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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