Examples of using "étouffer" in a sentence and their english translations:
our collective fire might suffocate us before long.
They worked together to put out the fire.
I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.
and the desires that we cast aside to accept them?
The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
I have to wear earplugs to drown out all the noise from the construction site next door.
We see too many governments muzzling journalists, and quashing dissent, and censoring the flow of information.
A massive coverup was orchestrated at the highest levels of government.
Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much heat that fish are beginning to suffocate.
A massive coverup was orchestrated at the highest levels of government.