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- Dictionaryasphyxiate/əsˈfɪksɪeɪt/
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- 1. kill (someone) by depriving them of air: "they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes"
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Asphyxiate means to cause someone to be unable to breathe, usually resulting in death. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts and see synonyms, related words, and translations.
- English (US)
ASPHYXIATE meaning: 1. to cause someone to be unable to...
- Znaczenie Asphyxiate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
asphyxiate definicja: 1. to cause someone to be unable to...
- Translate English to Vietnamese
ASPHYXIATE translate: làm ngạt thở. Learn more in the...
- Asphyxiate in Simplified Chinese
ASPHYXIATE translate: 使窒息（而死）;使闷死. Learn more in the...
- Asphyxiate in Spanish
asphyxiate translate: asfixiar, Asfixiar. Learn more in the...
- Translate to Traditional Chinese
ASPHYXIATE translate: 使窒息（而死）;使悶死. Learn more in the...
- Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
ASPHYXIATE definition: to die because you cannot breathe.
- English (US)
Learn the meaning of asphyxiate, a verb that means to cause or suffer from asphyxia, a lack of oxygen or other obstruction to breathing. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries.
To asphyxiate is to keep someone from breathing — to suffocate or smother them. Choking on a piece of food can asphyxiate a person. Your body needs to breathe oxygen in order to function, and when it's deprived of oxygen that's called asphyxia or asphyxiation.
to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother. verb (used without object) , as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing. to become asphyxiated. asphyxiate. / æsˈfɪksɪˌeɪt / verb. to cause asphyxia in or undergo asphyxia; smother; suffocate.
Asphyxiate means to die or lose consciousness because of inadequate breathing. Learn the word frequency, pronunciation, grammar and usage of asphyxiate and its synonyms, such as suffocate, choke and strangle.
Asphyxiate means to die because you cannot breathe. Learn how to say it in different languages and see examples of usage.
/əsˈfɪksieɪt/ Verb Forms. asphyxiate somebody to make somebody become unconscious or die by preventing them from breathing synonym suffocate. He was asphyxiated by the smoke. asphyxiating gases. Want to learn more?
