asphyxiate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əsˈfɪksieɪt/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English asphyxia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English asphyxiate From asphyxia + -ate.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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:
- (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asphyxiates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| asphyxiated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| asphyxiated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| asphyxiating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (43)
la suffōcō (to smother or suffocate someone) · es sofocar (to smother or suffocate someone) · hu megfojt (to smother or suffocate someone) · fr faire suffoquer (to smother or suffocate someone) · fo kódna (to be smothered or suffocated) · pt sufocar-se (to be smothered or suffocated) · la suffōcor (to be smothered or suffocated) · hu fullaszt (to smother or suffocate someone) · fo kvala (to smother or suffocate someone) · it asfissiare (to smother or suffocate someone) · ru задохну́ться (to be smothered or suffocated) · mk угуши (to smother or suffocate someone) · az boğmaq (to smother or suffocate someone) · es asfixiarse (to be smothered or suffocated) · fi tukehduttaa (to smother or suffocate someone) · fo kvalast (to be smothered or suffocated) · pt sufocar (to smother or suffocate someone) · es sofocarse (to be smothered or suffocated) · az boğulmaq (to be smothered or suffocated) · got 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to smother or suffocate someone) · hu fojt (to smother or suffocate someone) · ru души́ть (to smother or suffocate someone) · ru задуши́ть (to smother or suffocate someone) · fr asphyxier (to smother or suffocate someone) · fr suffoquer (to be smothered or suffocated) · tr boğmak (to smother or suffocate someone) · fo køvast (to be smothered or suffocated) · ota بوغمق (to smother or suffocate someone) · ca sufocar (to smother or suffocate someone) · it soffocare (to smother or suffocate someone) · hu megfullad (to be smothered or suffocated) · ru задыха́ться (to be smothered or suffocated) · hu fullad (to be smothered or suffocated) · fr s'asphyxier (to be smothered or suffocated) · ca sufocar-se (to be smothered or suffocated) · es asfixiar (to smother or suffocate someone) · it soffocarsi (to be smothered or suffocated) · fi tukehtua (to be smothered or suffocated) · nrf s'asphyxier (to be smothered or suffocated) · mi whakahēmanawa (to smother or suffocate someone) · hu megfullaszt (to smother or suffocate someone) · ga plúch (to smother or suffocate someone) · nrf asphyxier (to smother or suffocate someone)