Asphyxiating — synonyms, definition

1. asphyxiating (Adjective)

asphyxiating (Adjective) — Tending to deprive of oxygen. ex. "asphyxiating gasses"

2. asphyxiating (Verb)

choking smothering stifling suffocating

asphyxiating (Verb) — Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. ex. "Othello asphyxiated Desdemona with a pillow"

asphyxiating (Verb) — Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. ex. "The foul air was slowly asphyxiating the children"

asphyxiating (Verb) — Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. ex. "The child asphyxiated under the pillow"

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