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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 | ||
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