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Asphyxiate

As-phyx′i-ate

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Verb.
T.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
[Used commonly in the past pple.]

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asphyxiate

asphyxiate

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asphyxiate ‎(third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)

  1. (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
  2. (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

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