What is the meaning of asphyxiate?

verb

  • Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
  • Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
    • usage: "The child suffocated under the pillow"
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