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asphyxiate

[ as-fik-see-eyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing.

to produce asphyxia in.
to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.

, as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing.

asphyxiate

/ æsˈfɪksɪˌeɪt /

First recorded in 1830–40; asphyxi(a) + -ate ¹

It is not only that such women do nothing themselves—they slowly asphyxiate their friends, their brothers, or their husbands.

A tablespoonful poured on a cow-chip and rolled down a dog hole will asphyxiate the entire family.

Compression of the vagus nerve may slow the child's pulse and asphyxiate it through lack of oxygen in the blood.

When version has been done haste may compress the head in the tight cervix and asphyxiate the child.

It might precipitate, into the air, gases which would asphyxiate us or cause a general conflagration.

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