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asphyxiate

/əsˈfɪksieɪt/

/æˈsfɪkʃiˌeɪt/

Translations

asphyxiateverb

asphyxiated

Past Simple

asphyxiated

Past Participle

asphyxiating

Gerund

/əsˈfɪksieɪt/

/æˈsfɪkʃiˌeɪt/

The smoke from the fire began to asphyxiate the trapped victims.

Дым от пожара начал удушать застрявших жертв.

The villain tried to asphyxiate the hero with a pillow.

Злодей попытался задушить героя подушкой.

Additional translations

довеcти до удушья

погубить удушьем

Synonyms

asphyxiateverb

To cause someone to stop breathing and become unconscious or die.

The smoke from the fire began to asphyxiate the trapped residents.

To be unable to breathe and risk suffocation; to suffocate (intransitive).

Without fresh air, the miners began to asphyxiate deep underground.