Verb: asphyxiate us'fik-see,eyt or as'fik-see,eyt- Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello asphyxiated Desdemona with a pillow"; - smother, suffocate - Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly asphyxiating the children"; - suffocate, stifle, choke - Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child asphyxiated under the pillow"; - suffocate, stifle
Derived forms: asphyxiated, asphyxiates, asphyxiating Type of: block, buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], cash in [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], choke, close up, conk [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], croak [informal], decease [archaic], die, drop dead, exit, expire, flatline [informal], give-up the ghost [informal], go, impede, jam, kick the bucket [informal], kill, obstruct, obturate, occlude, pass, pass away, perish, pop off [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], snuff it [informal] Encyclopedia: Asphyxiate |