The meaning of Asphyxiate

verb

Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

Usage examples:

Chemicals that constrict the blood vessels

verb

To make or become tighter and narrower

Usage examples:

[ t ] bright sunlight constricts the pupil of the eye.

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

verb

Kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.

Usage examples:

I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow

noun

A mass of something that stifles or obscures.

Usage examples:

All this vanished in a smother of foam

verb

To prevent a person or animal from getting oxygen

Usage examples:

Several animals were smothered by smoke from the fire., the pasta was smothered with a creamy sauce…

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

noun

A joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.

Usage examples:

At necropsy all stifle joints were stable to an anterior drawer force with no significant limitatio…

verb

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

verb

Squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death.

Usage examples:

The victim was strangled with a scarf

verb

Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

verb

Strangle; throttle.

Usage examples:

The victim had been strangulated

verb

To kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe; strangle

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

Usage examples:

They suffocated in their sleep

verb

To die because of a lack of oxygen, or to kill someone by preventing that person from breathing

Usage examples:

[ i ] the government warned parents yesterday not to let infants sleep on small plastic pillows bec…

noun

A device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine.

Usage examples:

The engines were at full throttle

verb

Attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.

Usage examples:

She was sorely tempted to throttle him

noun

A device that controls how much fuel goes into an engine

Usage examples:

I’m so mad i could throttle him.