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asphyxiate
verb[ Toften passive ]
formaluk /əsˈfɪk.si.eɪt/ us /əsˈfɪk.si.eɪt/
to cause someone to be unable to breathe, usually resulting in that person's death: 使窒息（而死）;使闷死
The murder inquiry found that the children had been asphyxiated.对谋杀案的调查发现孩子们是被闷死的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
aerobic
asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
draw breathphrase
expire
hyperventilation
lungful
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puff
puffed
puffed out
stifle
strangulation
suffocate
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asphyxiate | American Dictionary
asphyxiate
verb[ I/T ]
us/æsˈfɪk·siˌeɪt/
to be unable to breathe, usually resulting in death, or to cause someone to be unable to breathe; suffocate:
[ T ]The men were asphyxiated by smoke.
asphyxiation
noun[ U ]us/æsˌfɪk·siˈeɪ·ʃən/
We thought we would die of asphyxiation on that crowded train.
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