To asphyxiate is to keep someone from breathing to suffocate or smother them. Choking on a piece of food can asphyxiate a person.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
Verb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
Verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Verb
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
v. t.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used
commonly in the past pple.]
Asphyxiate
Asphyxiated, Asphyxied
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
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