Suffocate is a verb. It is used as an action word in a sentence. Here is an example.
The victim suffocated under lots of blankets.
The smoke almost suffocated me.
I cannot suffocate their plea for air with my careless indifference.
Asphyxiate means to suffocate. One might write, "The prisoners were held in an airtight cell and eventually asphyxiated."
Smothered means to suffocate, or to derive from oxygen, or to be extinguished. A use of it would be like ("The facts tell that Timmy smothered Helga with a pillow" Inspector Winters said.)
snakes use their teeth to catch their pray then suffocate them with the tongue
The suffix to suffocate is -ion.
The correct spelling is suffocate.
Can you suffocate from Asthma
Spreading oil on stagnant water is a useful public health measure in areas in which malaria has not been eradicated, because the oil causes mosquito larvae in the water to suffocate by blocking their access to the oxygen in air.
Conformity causes us to suffocate our ideas and holds us back from making strides.
Suffocate is a verb
Plants perform photosynthesis then use oxygen for cellular respiration.