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asphyxiate


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
Syn:
smother, suffocate
Derivationally related forms:
suffocation (for: suffocate), asphyxiation, asphyxia
Hypernyms:
kill
Verb Group:
suffocate, stifle
Entailment:
cover
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to asphyxiate the prisoners
2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Syn:
suffocate, stifle, choke
Derivationally related forms:
choking (for: choke), asphyxiation, asphyxia, suffocative (for: suffocate), suffocation (for: suffocate)
Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. be asphyxiated;
die from lack of oxygen
- The child suffocated under the pillow
Syn:
suffocate, stifle
Derivationally related forms:
asphyxiation, asphyxia, suffocative (for: suffocate), suffocation (for: suffocate)
Hypernyms:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke,
croak, snuff it
Hyponyms:
strangle
Verb Group:
smother, suffocate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

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