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as·phyx·i·ate
 asphyxiate
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- pronunciation:
- aes
fIk
si
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
asphyxiates, asphyxiating, asphyxiated |
| definition: |
to cause unconsciousness or death by cutting off oxygen to; suffocate.
- synonyms:
- smother, stifle, suffocate
- similar words:
- choke, garrote, strangle, strangulate, throttle
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| related words: |
stifle |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to suffer suffocation.
- synonyms:
- smother, stifle, suffocate
- similar words:
- choke, strangle
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| related words: |
stifle |
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| derivation: |
asphyxiation (n.) |
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