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UK
/ɐsfˈɪksɪˌeɪt/
]
[ US /æsˈfɪksiˌeɪt/ ]
[ US /æsˈfɪksiˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow -
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow -
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
How To Use asphyxiate In A Sentence
- And ultimately, they die from the diaphragm contracting to such an extent that they asphyxiate or suffocate to death.
- Maybe she was hoping to asphyxiate him with carbon monoxide fumes.
- Myriads of old cars, beat-up buses and superannuated trucks asphyxiate urban areas with their deadly exhaust, while the dirty two-stroke engines that power small vehicles emit ten times as much fine particulate matter as modern cars.
- One member of the train crew was killed, and two nearby residents asphyxiated from breathing the gas.
- They were over land, at least, so they wouldn't asphyxiate underwater.
- So, no flower names, no tree names, no gemstones, no names of musicians who asphyxiated on their own vomit, no intellectual ideals as middle names— How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
- Poorly trained correctional officers have accidentally asphyxiated mentally ill prisoners whom they were trying to restrain.
- In one, "a student was nearly asphyxiated while being restrained," and in the other, a student vomited from panic attacks after spending most of an academic year "confined to a closet, with no ventilation or outside source of light," according to the letter. Christopher Baker, 4th Grade Boy, Allegedly Stuffed Into Duffel Bag By School Employees
- Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me.
- You would asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere.