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Definition of Asphyxiate
1. Verb. Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. "They want to asphyxiate the prisoners "; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
Exact synonyms: Smother, Suffocate
Related verbs: Stifle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Kill
Entails: Cover
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Asphyxiation, Suffocation
Related verbs: Stifle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Kill
Entails: Cover
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Asphyxiation, Suffocation
2. Verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Exact synonyms: Choke, Stifle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
3. Verb. Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. "The child suffocated under the pillow"
Exact synonyms: Stifle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Buy The Farm, Cash In One's Chips, Choke, Conk, Croak, Decease, Die, Drop Dead, Exit, Expire, Give-up The Ghost, Go, Kick The Bucket, Pass, Pass Away, Perish, Pop Off, Snuff It
Specialized synonyms: Strangle
Related verbs: Smother, Suffocate
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Asphyxiation, Suffocation, Suffocative
Generic synonyms: Buy The Farm, Cash In One's Chips, Choke, Conk, Croak, Decease, Die, Drop Dead, Exit, Expire, Give-up The Ghost, Go, Kick The Bucket, Pass, Pass Away, Perish, Pop Off, Snuff It
Specialized synonyms: Strangle
Related verbs: Smother, Suffocate
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Asphyxiation, Suffocation, Suffocative
Definition of Asphyxiate
1. v. t. To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
Definition of Asphyxiate
1. Verb. (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asphyxiate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Asphyxiate
1. To induce asphyxia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphyxiate
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