asphyxiate
verb/əsˈfɪksieɪt/
Etymology From asphyxia + -ate.
1
To smother or suffocate someone.
- A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2024:
2
To be smothered or suffocated.
- Derived terms
- asphyxiator, autoasphyxiate
- Related terms
- asphyxia, asphyxiation