asphyxiate | English to English Dictionary

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asphyxiate

(/&/s'f/I/ks/i/,/eI/t )

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing(verb.contact)

Synonym:
smother, suffocate

source: wordnet30
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of(verb.contact)

Synonym:
choke, stifle, suffocate

source: wordnet30
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen(verb.change)

Synonym:
stifle, suffocate

source: wordnet30
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.](verb)

source: webster1913

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