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ASPHYXIATE

Definition:

1. [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"
   Synonyms: smother, suffocate
   
   
2. [verb] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
   Synonyms: suffocate, stifle, choke
   
   
3. [verb] be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
   Synonyms: suffocate, stifle
   
   

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Related Words:

• strangle

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