asphyxiate
verb/əsˈfɪksieɪt/
/əsˈfɪksieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they asphyxiate | /əsˈfɪksieɪt/ /əsˈfɪksieɪt/ |
| he / she / it asphyxiates | /əsˈfɪksieɪts/ /əsˈfɪksieɪts/ |
| past simple asphyxiated | /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪd/ /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle asphyxiated | /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪd/ /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form asphyxiating | /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪŋ/ /əsˈfɪksieɪtɪŋ/ |
- asphyxiate somebody to make somebody become unconscious or die by preventing them from breathing synonym suffocate
- He was asphyxiated by the smoke.
- asphyxiating gases
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