All asphyxiate synonyms
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A a verb asphyxiate
- suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- throttle — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.