asphyxiate

Language

English

Etymology

From asphyxia +‎ -ateCategory:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#ASPHYXIATE.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əsˈfɪksieɪt/Category:English 4-syllable words#ASPHYXIATE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ASPHYXIATE
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Verb

asphyxiate (third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)Category:English lemmas#ASPHYXIATE Category:English verbs#ASPHYXIATE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ASPHYXIATE Category:Pages with entries#ASPHYXIATE Category:Pages with 1 entry#ASPHYXIATE

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#ASPHYXIATE) To smother or suffocate someone.
- 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 22 October 2024:
  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.
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(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#ASPHYXIATE) To be smothered or suffocated.

Derived terms

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Translations

to smother or suffocate someone

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Azerbaijani: boğmaq (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ASPHYXIATE
Catalan: sufocar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#ASPHYXIATE
Faroese: kvalaCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#ASPHYXIATE
Finnish: tukehduttaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ASPHYXIATE
French: asphyxier (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ASPHYXIATE, faire suffoquerCategory:Terms with French translations#ASPHYXIATE
Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afƕapjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#ASPHYXIATE
Hungarian: megfojt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ASPHYXIATE, megfullaszt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ASPHYXIATE, fojt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ASPHYXIATE, fullaszt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ASPHYXIATE
Irish: plúchCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ASPHYXIATE
Italian: asfissiare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ASPHYXIATE, soffocare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ASPHYXIATE
Latin: suffōcōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#ASPHYXIATE
Macedonian: угуши (uguši)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ASPHYXIATE
Māori: whakahēmanawaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ASPHYXIATE
Norman: asphyxierCategory:Terms with Norman translations#ASPHYXIATE
Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#ASPHYXIATE
Portuguese: sufocar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#ASPHYXIATE
Russian: души́ть (ru) impf (dušítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ASPHYXIATE, задуши́ть (ru) pf (zadušítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ASPHYXIATE
Spanish: asfixiar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ASPHYXIATE, sofocar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ASPHYXIATE
Turkish: boğmakCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#ASPHYXIATE

to be smothered or suffocated

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