Definitions:

1. to be starved of oxygen, usually by force or circumstance verb
   • I was nearly asphyxiated by that seatbelt!
2. to deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing verb
   • They asphyxiated the victim by strangulation.
3. to impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of verb
   • The victime was asphyxiated.

Synonyms:

• smother
• stifle

NearBy Words:

• asphyxiated