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Definition of Asphyxiates
1. asphyxiate [v] - See also: asphyxiate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphyxiates
Literary usage of Asphyxiates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"Among the legacies of this greatest of the alchemists was the doctrine that the
air which asphyxiates workers in mines is similar to that which is produced ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"Struggling makes the inhalation of chloroform dangerous, because it either
partially asphyxiates the patient, or alternately does this and accelerates the ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"Among the legacies of this greatest of the alchemists was the doctrine that the
air which asphyxiates workers in mines is similar to that which is produced ..."
4. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"Allied troops soon discovered to their amazement and consternation, was chlorine
gas, which chokes and asphyxiates with horrible effect. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"Л gas or vapour that asphyxiates but does not irritate may bo safer than a gas
or vapour that does not asphyxiate and docs irritate ; for the former, ..."
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