'asphyxiate' definitions:
Definition of 'asphyxiate'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
verb
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
verb
Synonyms of 'asphyxiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be killed,
- bottle up,
- burke,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- gag,
- garrote,
- hold down,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- OD,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- starve,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle