English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

asphyxiate

verb

1 asphyxiate

Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.

synonyms: smother, suffocate.

2 asphyxiate

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.

synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate.

Roget 361: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, ... show more

3 asphyxiate

Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.

synonyms: stifle, suffocate.

Dutch: verstikken, stikken


Moby thesaurus: OD, be killed, bottle up, burke, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, damp down, drown, extinguish, famish, gag, garrote, hold down, jump on ... show more.

Find more on asphyxiate elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0306