asphyxiating

英[əs'fɪksieɪt] 美[əs'fɪksieɪt]
  • v.(使)窒息
asphyxiation asphyxiated asphyxiated asphyxiating asphyxiates
Verb:
  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"

  2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

    "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

  3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

    "The child suffocated under the pillow"

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