asphyxiate

asphyxiate /æs'fiksieit/
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    Xem thêm: smother, suffocate, suffocate, stifle, choke, suffocate, stifle



    asphyxiate

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; smother, suffocate

      Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow

      The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

    • impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; suffocate, stifle, choke

      The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

    • be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; suffocate, stifle

      The child suffocated under the pillow


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    asphyxiates|asphyxiated|asphyxiating
    syn.: choke smother stifle suffocate