Definition of asphyxiate in English:

asphyxiate

verb əsˈfɪksɪeɪtəˈsfɪksiˌeɪt

[with object]

1Kill (someone) by depriving them of air.
they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes
Example sentencesExamples
- The kids and I enjoyed having her company, apart from the fact that she just about asphyxiated us all each morning with the amount of hair spray she was using.
- Apparently the thick, nonporous tape kills the wart by asphyxiating it or something.
- Unlike carbon dioxide systems, which will asphyxiate humans, these materials also are safe for occupants should they be unable to escape before the system discharges.
- Helen gave her a hug that temporarily asphyxiated her friend.
- Soldiers were deployed to stop these protesters - shooting into crowds, wounding many, and spraying teargas from helicopters, asphyxiating at least one child.
- We all know someone who's very closeness can almost asphyxiate us right?
- The effect asphyxiated almost all the fish and corals in the reefs fringing a 400-kilometer-long stretch of the Mentawai Islands.
- Thin air is un-nourishing and asphyxiating; it is also what people and things disappear into.
- The abject tyranny of political correctness murderously asphyxiates us with sugary pleasantries and tedious nomenclature.
- For a while, all this democracy seemed to be asphyxiating democracy.
- The rot spreads, mould covering the sheen of life, dragging it down with cloying, asphyxiating stealth.
- Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me.
- Gas masks protected soldiers against asphyxiating agents, but no adequate protection had yet been found against mustard gas, which attacked the skin.
- Employing poison weapons or asphyxiating gases is classed by the tribunal as a war crime.
- In fact, all the characters in the film feel so strongly about the agony of ordinary existence, and find their lives so asphyxiating, that escape, in whatever form it takes, becomes their oxygen.
- Trappers kill the cowbirds by asphyxiating them with automobile exhaust or by breaking their necks.
- In their incompetent hands, data protection has become an asphyxiating blanket of political correctness, rather than a sword and shield to protect the interests of law-abiding citizens.
- Poorly trained correctional officers have accidentally asphyxiated mentally ill prisoners whom they were trying to restrain.
- It came from all sides, asphyxiating him, robbing him of the peace of mind he so desperately craved.
- It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members.
Synonyms
choke (to death), suffocate, smother, stifle
kill
throttle, strangle, strangulate, constrict
1. 1.1no object Die by being deprived of air.
  they slowly asphyxiated
  Example sentencesExamples
  One member of the train crew was killed, and two nearby residents asphyxiated from breathing the gas.
  You would asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere.
  If you asphyxiate and die, she'll only be happier.
  Tragedies involving dozens of people asphyxiated to death while packed in an ill-ventilated truck or vessel have so far not deterred them from risking their lives in seeking better lives.
  They don't seem to notice the sun beating down or the fact that most people look as if they are asphyxiating.
  Infants and small children can become wedged in gaps and asphyxiate.
  Suddenly, he was floating in space, miraculously not asphyxiating from lack of oxygen.
  They were over land, at least, so they wouldn't asphyxiate underwater.
  Steve was a good friend I lost last year; he asphyxiated and/or drowned at Soda Springs up in Napa.
  You have to be real careful that she doesn't asphyxiate or have difficulty with aspiration.
  I think if there were any more people I would have asphyxiated.
  But don't come complaining back to me when you start to asphyxiate.
  Interestingly enough, both writers are suicides - Hemingway shot himself and Plath asphyxiated in a gas oven.
  Or maybe it's all that smog and all these celebrities are asphyxiating.
  She suffered severe brain damage after asphyxiating during birth but that would have been avoided had she been born earlier by emergency Caesarean section, a hearing in Preston was told.
  Even if the burning of fossil fuel has so poisoned my city's air that I must leave immediately or asphyxiate, most people would permit me to escape by car.
  I half-expect to asphyxiate, because with so many gasping at once, one would think all the oxygen would leave the air.
  Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter.
  Although she can't possibly have any idea what she just said or why it amuses me so, and though her timing was nothing like the movie, I find it so funny that I nearly asphyxiate.
  Her children's allergy to the sun means they must live in near darkness: anything stronger than candlelight will cause the kids to break out in boils and then asphyxiate.

Derivatives

asphyxiator

noun

Definition of asphyxiate in US English:

asphyxiate

verbəˈsfɪksiˌeɪtəˈsfiksēˌāt

[with object]usually be asphyxiated

1Kill (someone) by depriving them of air.
they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes
figurative avoiding asphyxiating government control
Example sentencesExamples
- Trappers kill the cowbirds by asphyxiating them with automobile exhaust or by breaking their necks.
- In fact, all the characters in the film feel so strongly about the agony of ordinary existence, and find their lives so asphyxiating, that escape, in whatever form it takes, becomes their oxygen.
- The abject tyranny of political correctness murderously asphyxiates us with sugary pleasantries and tedious nomenclature.
- Helen gave her a hug that temporarily asphyxiated her friend.
- The effect asphyxiated almost all the fish and corals in the reefs fringing a 400-kilometer-long stretch of the Mentawai Islands.
- We all know someone who's very closeness can almost asphyxiate us right?
- Poorly trained correctional officers have accidentally asphyxiated mentally ill prisoners whom they were trying to restrain.
- The rot spreads, mould covering the sheen of life, dragging it down with cloying, asphyxiating stealth.
- In their incompetent hands, data protection has become an asphyxiating blanket of political correctness, rather than a sword and shield to protect the interests of law-abiding citizens.
- Employing poison weapons or asphyxiating gases is classed by the tribunal as a war crime.
- The kids and I enjoyed having her company, apart from the fact that she just about asphyxiated us all each morning with the amount of hair spray she was using.
- For a while, all this democracy seemed to be asphyxiating democracy.
- Apparently the thick, nonporous tape kills the wart by asphyxiating it or something.
- Unlike carbon dioxide systems, which will asphyxiate humans, these materials also are safe for occupants should they be unable to escape before the system discharges.
- It came from all sides, asphyxiating him, robbing him of the peace of mind he so desperately craved.
- Soldiers were deployed to stop these protesters - shooting into crowds, wounding many, and spraying teargas from helicopters, asphyxiating at least one child.
- Thin air is un-nourishing and asphyxiating; it is also what people and things disappear into.
- Gas masks protected soldiers against asphyxiating agents, but no adequate protection had yet been found against mustard gas, which attacked the skin.
- It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members.
- Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me.
Synonyms
choke, choke to death, suffocate, smother, stifle
1. 1.1no object Die by asphyxiation.
  they slowly asphyxiated
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tragedies involving dozens of people asphyxiated to death while packed in an ill-ventilated truck or vessel have so far not deterred them from risking their lives in seeking better lives.
  Suddenly, he was floating in space, miraculously not asphyxiating from lack of oxygen.
  Her children's allergy to the sun means they must live in near darkness: anything stronger than candlelight will cause the kids to break out in boils and then asphyxiate.
  I think if there were any more people I would have asphyxiated.
  One member of the train crew was killed, and two nearby residents asphyxiated from breathing the gas.
  Although she can't possibly have any idea what she just said or why it amuses me so, and though her timing was nothing like the movie, I find it so funny that I nearly asphyxiate.
  Steve was a good friend I lost last year; he asphyxiated and/or drowned at Soda Springs up in Napa.
  If you asphyxiate and die, she'll only be happier.
  I half-expect to asphyxiate, because with so many gasping at once, one would think all the oxygen would leave the air.
  She suffered severe brain damage after asphyxiating during birth but that would have been avoided had she been born earlier by emergency Caesarean section, a hearing in Preston was told.
  Infants and small children can become wedged in gaps and asphyxiate.
  Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter.
  But don't come complaining back to me when you start to asphyxiate.
  You would asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere.
  Or maybe it's all that smog and all these celebrities are asphyxiating.
  They don't seem to notice the sun beating down or the fact that most people look as if they are asphyxiating.
  They were over land, at least, so they wouldn't asphyxiate underwater.
  You have to be real careful that she doesn't asphyxiate or have difficulty with aspiration.
  Interestingly enough, both writers are suicides - Hemingway shot himself and Plath asphyxiated in a gas oven.
  Even if the burning of fossil fuel has so poisoned my city's air that I must leave immediately or asphyxiate, most people would permit me to escape by car.

单词	asphyxiate
释义	Definition of asphyxiate in English: asphyxiate verb əsˈfɪksɪeɪtəˈsfɪksiˌeɪt [with object] 1Kill (someone) by depriving them of air. they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes Example sentencesExamples The kids and I enjoyed having her company, apart from the fact that she just about asphyxiated us all each morning with the amount of hair spray she was using. Apparently the thick, nonporous tape kills the wart by asphyxiating it or something. Unlike carbon dioxide systems, which will asphyxiate humans, these materials also are safe for occupants should they be unable to escape before the system discharges. Helen gave her a hug that temporarily asphyxiated her friend. Soldiers were deployed to stop these protesters - shooting into crowds, wounding many, and spraying teargas from helicopters, asphyxiating at least one child. We all know someone who's very closeness can almost asphyxiate us right? The effect asphyxiated almost all the fish and corals in the reefs fringing a 400-kilometer-long stretch of the Mentawai Islands. Thin air is un-nourishing and asphyxiating; it is also what people and things disappear into. The abject tyranny of political correctness murderously asphyxiates us with sugary pleasantries and tedious nomenclature. For a while, all this democracy seemed to be asphyxiating democracy. The rot spreads, mould covering the sheen of life, dragging it down with cloying, asphyxiating stealth. Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me. Gas masks protected soldiers against asphyxiating agents, but no adequate protection had yet been found against mustard gas, which attacked the skin. Employing poison weapons or asphyxiating gases is classed by the tribunal as a war crime. In fact, all the characters in the film feel so strongly about the agony of ordinary existence, and find their lives so asphyxiating, that escape, in whatever form it takes, becomes their oxygen. Trappers kill the cowbirds by asphyxiating them with automobile exhaust or by breaking their necks. In their incompetent hands, data protection has become an asphyxiating blanket of political correctness, rather than a sword and shield to protect the interests of law-abiding citizens. Poorly trained correctional officers have accidentally asphyxiated mentally ill prisoners whom they were trying to restrain. It came from all sides, asphyxiating him, robbing him of the peace of mind he so desperately craved. It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members. Synonyms choke (to death), suffocate, smother, stifle kill throttle, strangle, strangulate, constrict 1.1no object Die by being deprived of air. they slowly asphyxiated Example sentencesExamples One member of the train crew was killed, and two nearby residents asphyxiated from breathing the gas. You would asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere. If you asphyxiate and die, she'll only be happier. Tragedies involving dozens of people asphyxiated to death while packed in an ill-ventilated truck or vessel have so far not deterred them from risking their lives in seeking better lives. They don't seem to notice the sun beating down or the fact that most people look as if they are asphyxiating. Infants and small children can become wedged in gaps and asphyxiate. Suddenly, he was floating in space, miraculously not asphyxiating from lack of oxygen. They were over land, at least, so they wouldn't asphyxiate underwater. Steve was a good friend I lost last year; he asphyxiated and/or drowned at Soda Springs up in Napa. You have to be real careful that she doesn't asphyxiate or have difficulty with aspiration. I think if there were any more people I would have asphyxiated. But don't come complaining back to me when you start to asphyxiate. Interestingly enough, both writers are suicides - Hemingway shot himself and Plath asphyxiated in a gas oven. Or maybe it's all that smog and all these celebrities are asphyxiating. She suffered severe brain damage after asphyxiating during birth but that would have been avoided had she been born earlier by emergency Caesarean section, a hearing in Preston was told. Even if the burning of fossil fuel has so poisoned my city's air that I must leave immediately or asphyxiate, most people would permit me to escape by car. I half-expect to asphyxiate, because with so many gasping at once, one would think all the oxygen would leave the air. Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter. Although she can't possibly have any idea what she just said or why it amuses me so, and though her timing was nothing like the movie, I find it so funny that I nearly asphyxiate. Her children's allergy to the sun means they must live in near darkness: anything stronger than candlelight will cause the kids to break out in boils and then asphyxiate. Derivatives asphyxiator noun Definition of asphyxiate in US English: asphyxiate verbəˈsfɪksiˌeɪtəˈsfiksēˌāt [with object]usually be asphyxiated 1Kill (someone) by depriving them of air. they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes figurative avoiding asphyxiating government control Example sentencesExamples Trappers kill the cowbirds by asphyxiating them with automobile exhaust or by breaking their necks. In fact, all the characters in the film feel so strongly about the agony of ordinary existence, and find their lives so asphyxiating, that escape, in whatever form it takes, becomes their oxygen. The abject tyranny of political correctness murderously asphyxiates us with sugary pleasantries and tedious nomenclature. Helen gave her a hug that temporarily asphyxiated her friend. The effect asphyxiated almost all the fish and corals in the reefs fringing a 400-kilometer-long stretch of the Mentawai Islands. We all know someone who's very closeness can almost asphyxiate us right? Poorly trained correctional officers have accidentally asphyxiated mentally ill prisoners whom they were trying to restrain. The rot spreads, mould covering the sheen of life, dragging it down with cloying, asphyxiating stealth. In their incompetent hands, data protection has become an asphyxiating blanket of political correctness, rather than a sword and shield to protect the interests of law-abiding citizens. Employing poison weapons or asphyxiating gases is classed by the tribunal as a war crime. The kids and I enjoyed having her company, apart from the fact that she just about asphyxiated us all each morning with the amount of hair spray she was using. For a while, all this democracy seemed to be asphyxiating democracy. Apparently the thick, nonporous tape kills the wart by asphyxiating it or something. Unlike carbon dioxide systems, which will asphyxiate humans, these materials also are safe for occupants should they be unable to escape before the system discharges. It came from all sides, asphyxiating him, robbing him of the peace of mind he so desperately craved. Soldiers were deployed to stop these protesters - shooting into crowds, wounding many, and spraying teargas from helicopters, asphyxiating at least one child. Thin air is un-nourishing and asphyxiating; it is also what people and things disappear into. Gas masks protected soldiers against asphyxiating agents, but no adequate protection had yet been found against mustard gas, which attacked the skin. It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members. Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me. Synonyms choke, choke to death, suffocate, smother, stifle 1.1no object Die by asphyxiation. they slowly asphyxiated Example sentencesExamples Tragedies involving dozens of people asphyxiated to death while packed in an ill-ventilated truck or vessel have so far not deterred them from risking their lives in seeking better lives. Suddenly, he was floating in space, miraculously not asphyxiating from lack of oxygen. Her children's allergy to the sun means they must live in near darkness: anything stronger than candlelight will cause the kids to break out in boils and then asphyxiate. I think if there were any more people I would have asphyxiated. One member of the train crew was killed, and two nearby residents asphyxiated from breathing the gas. Although she can't possibly have any idea what she just said or why it amuses me so, and though her timing was nothing like the movie, I find it so funny that I nearly asphyxiate. Steve was a good friend I lost last year; he asphyxiated and/or drowned at Soda Springs up in Napa. If you asphyxiate and die, she'll only be happier. I half-expect to asphyxiate, because with so many gasping at once, one would think all the oxygen would leave the air. She suffered severe brain damage after asphyxiating during birth but that would have been avoided had she been born earlier by emergency Caesarean section, a hearing in Preston was told. Infants and small children can become wedged in gaps and asphyxiate. Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter. But don't come complaining back to me when you start to asphyxiate. You would asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere. Or maybe it's all that smog and all these celebrities are asphyxiating. They don't seem to notice the sun beating down or the fact that most people look as if they are asphyxiating. They were over land, at least, so they wouldn't asphyxiate underwater. You have to be real careful that she doesn't asphyxiate or have difficulty with aspiration. Interestingly enough, both writers are suicides - Hemingway shot himself and Plath asphyxiated in a gas oven. Even if the burning of fossil fuel has so poisoned my city's air that I must leave immediately or asphyxiate, most people would permit me to escape by car.
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