Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asphyxiate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asphyxiate \As*phyx"i*ate\, v. t.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
Note: [Used commonly in the past pple.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
asphyxiate
v 1: 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}, {suffocate}]
2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: {suffocate},
{choke}]
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