Search Result for "asphyxiate": 
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
- Example: "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
- Example: "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
[syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
- Example: "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
[syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]

3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
- Example: "The child suffocated under the pillow"
[syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asphyxiate \As*phyx"i*ate\, v. t.
   To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.

   Note: [Used commonly in the past pple.]
         [1913 Webster] Asphyxiated


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

asphyxiate
    v 1: 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" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
    2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
       "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn:
       suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
    3: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
       suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle,
       asphyxiate]