asphyxiate

英[əs'fiksieit]美[əs'fiksieit]

v.[T] 使窒息；闷死

同：	[v.] choke, smother, stifle, suffocate

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
[同] asphyxiate, smother, suffocate
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
[同] asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, choke

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