asphyxiating Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
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verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate; choke.
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
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verb be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate.
- The child suffocated under the pillow
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adjective satellite tending to deprive of oxygen
- asphyxiating gasses