English verb: asphyxiate | |||
1. | asphyxiate (contact) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | ||
Samples | Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor. | ||
Examples | They want to asphyxiate the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | smother, suffocate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
Entail | cover | ||
Verb group | asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | ||
2. | asphyxiate (contact) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | ||
Samples | The foul air was slowly suffocating the children. | ||
Synonyms | choke, stifle, suffocate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude | ||
3. | asphyxiate (change) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | ||
Samples | The child suffocated under the pillow. | ||
Synonyms | stifle, suffocate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | strangle | ||
Verb group | asphyxiate, smother, suffocate | ||