Found 2 items, similar to asphyxiate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: asphyxiate 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, suffocate] 2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” [syn: suffocate, stifle, choke] 3: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; “The child suffocated under the pillow” [syn: suffocate, stifle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Asphyxiate 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]