Associations to the word «Asphyxiate»
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Wiktionary
ASPHYXIATE, verb. (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
ASPHYXIATE, verb. (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
Dictionary definition
ASPHYXIATE, 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".
ASPHYXIATE, verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children".
ASPHYXIATE, verb. Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow".
Wise words
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