melemaskanBahasa Indonesia

suffocate, asphyxiate, choke, stifle, soften

Rare #32,252 of the corpus · 0.9 per million words · 3,849 occurrences

From lemas (meN-…-kan) · less common, #9,958

Verb

Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

English: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate

Bahasa: memadamkan, lemas, cekik

Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

English: choke

Bahasa: tersedak, mencekik, tercekik

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8 more verb senses

Be asphyxiated, die from lack of oxygen

English: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate

Bahasa: lemas, mati lemas, menyengapkan

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Adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

English: smothering, suffocating, suffocative

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Word family of lemas

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