Later methods of control avoided this problem by spraying the eggs with a solution of formaldehyde and soap. This cut off the air supply to the developing embryo, causing it to suffocate, but left the eggs intact.
Par la suite, on a évité ce problème en aspergeant les oeufs d'une solution de formaldéhyde et de savon; cette solution empêchait l'oxygénation de l'embryon, qui mourait par suffocation, mais laissait les oeufs intacts.
At other times I would have liked the place, but now it seemed to suffocate me.
En autre temps, ce pays m'aurait plu, mais pour l'heure j'y étouffais.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Like posts and heaps of rubbish, corpses are piled anyhow on the wounded, and press them down, suffocate them, strangle them.
Des cadavres sont entassés en long, en travers, comme des poutres et des décombres, sur les blessés, font effort sur eux, les étouffent, les étranglent et leur prennent leur vie.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
He felt the roof weigh on his head, and the walls suffocate him.
Il sentait peser le toit sur sa tête et les murs l'étouffer.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
His stern, set face distended with the contest that was raging within him ; his bull-like neck grew swollen and his muscles strained, as though silently, within his vitals, he were striving to suffocate some animal bent on devouring him.
Sa face dure se gonflait sous un effort intérieur: son cou de taureau éclatait, ses muscles se tendaient, comme s'il était en train d'étouffer dans ses entrailles, sans un cri, quelque bête qui le dévorait.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
And it seemed to her as if this perfume was none other than the old love-fragrance which had always warmed the room, now increased a hundredfold, till it had become so strong and penetrating that it would surely suffocate her.
Et il semblait que ce parfum ne fût autre que l'odeur d'amour ancien dont l'alcôve était toujours restée tiède, une odeur grandie, centuplée, devenue si forte, qu'elle soufflait l'asphyxie.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
He tried to say what was the matter with him, but could only repeat, "There are too many of them!" oppressed and panting. He swallowed a pulpy mouthful of bread as if there went with it the disordered and suffocating mass of his memories.
Il essayait de dire ce qu’il y avait. Il ne pouvait que répéter : « Y en a trop » ; il était oppressé et soufflait, et il avala une bouchée déliquescente de pain, et il ravala aussi la masse désordonnée et étouffante de ses souvenirs.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
And he almost suffocated when he saw a young married couple approach, the husband a good-looking fellow with little fair moustaches, the wife, charming, with the delicate slim figure of a shepherdess in Dresden china.
Et il étouffa, lorsqu’il vit s’approcher un jeune ménage, l’homme gentil avec de petites moustaches blondes, la femme ravissante, l’allure délicate et fluette d’une bergère en Saxe.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"They were suffocating higher up," said the countess.
— Ils étouffaient là-haut, dit la comtesse.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Then the weight which still suffocated me, there, in the left side, began to ascend; and I thought I was going to die, it hurt me so.
Puis, le poids qui m’étouffait toujours, là, dans le flanc gauche, a remonté ; et j’ai cru que j’allais mourir, tellement il me ravageait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
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Word forms
suffocate
verb
Basic forms
Past
suffocated
Imperative
suffocate
Present Participle (Participle I)
suffocating
Past Participle (Participle II)
suffocated
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I suffocate
we suffocate
you suffocate
you suffocate
he/she/it suffocates
they suffocate
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am suffocating
we are suffocating
you are suffocating
you are suffocating
he/she/it is suffocating
they are suffocating
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have suffocated
we have suffocated
you have suffocated
you have suffocated
he/she/it has suffocated
they have suffocated
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been suffocating
we have been suffocating
you have been suffocating
you have been suffocating
he/she/it has been suffocating
they have been suffocating
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I suffocated
we suffocated
you suffocated
you suffocated
he/she/it suffocated
they suffocated
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was suffocating
we were suffocating
you were suffocating
you were suffocating
he/she/it was suffocating
they were suffocating
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had suffocated
we had suffocated
you had suffocated
you had suffocated
he/she/it had suffocated
they had suffocated
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been suffocating
we had been suffocating
you had been suffocating
you had been suffocating
he/she/it had been suffocating
they had been suffocating
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will suffocate
we shall/will suffocate
you will suffocate
you will suffocate
he/she/it will suffocate
they will suffocate
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be suffocating
we shall/will be suffocating
you will be suffocating
you will be suffocating
he/she/it will be suffocating
they will be suffocating
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have suffocated
we shall/will have suffocated
you will have suffocated
you will have suffocated
he/she/it will have suffocated
they will have suffocated
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been suffocating
we shall/will have been suffocating
you will have been suffocating
you will have been suffocating
he/she/it will have been suffocating
they will have been suffocating
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would suffocate
we should/would suffocate
you would suffocate
you would suffocate
he/she/it would suffocate
they would suffocate
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be suffocating
we should/would be suffocating
you would be suffocating
you would be suffocating
he/she/it would be suffocating
they would be suffocating
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have suffocated
we should/would have suffocated
you would have suffocated
you would have suffocated
he/she/it would have suffocated
they would have suffocated
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice