Usage examples you wouldn't expect to find in a dictionary

[pauamma]

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[tsukikage85]

I can't really think of a non-awkward example sentence for suffocate used transitively.

[pauamma]

That may not apply to the equivalent in the source language, but according to MW, suffocate (transitively) has the primary meaning: a (1) : to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) (2) : to deprive of oxygen
So it could conceivably be used as in "suffocate a fire".

[mapmakerscolors]

Conceivably, sure, but probably much less likely to occur "in the wild" and therefore not as useful in the dictionary, I'd wager.

[pauamma]

I haven't looked at the examples in the other direction (it's a bilingual dictionary). I will wnen I can lay hands on itg again.

[pauamma]

In contrast, the examples in the other direction are bland. "The river $name flows through $place" and "Smoke can suffocate anyone"