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asphyxiate
verb
[ əsˈfɪksɪeɪt ]
• kill (someone) by depriving them of air.
• "they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes"
Similar:
choke (to death),
suffocate
,
smother
,
stifle
,
kill
,
throttle
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
constrict
,