Words · Rare
asphyxiate
/æsˈfɪksiˌeɪt/ · 10 letters · 9 distinct letters
- verb
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
- verb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow