asphyxiate

English Thesaurus

1. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

hypernym	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

hyponym	:	strangle,
definition	:	die from strangulation (verb.change)

verb group	:	asphyxiate, smother, suffocate,
definition	:	deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude,
definition	:	block passage through (verb.contact)

3. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

entail	:	cover,
definition	:	provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact)

verb group	:	asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate,
definition	:	be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

4. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)

derivation	:	smothering, suffocating, suffocative,
definition	:	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (adj.all)

5. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)

derivation	:	choking,
definition	:	a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state)

derivation	:	smothering, suffocating, suffocative,
definition	:	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (adj.all)

6. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)

7. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)

derivation	:	smothering, suffocating, suffocative,
definition	:	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (adj.all)

8. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)

derivation	:	choking,
definition	:	a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state)

derivation	:	smothering, suffocating, suffocative,
definition	:	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (adj.all)

9. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

derivation	:	asphyxia,
definition	:	a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state)

derivation	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state)