MEANING
To cause, or undergo, dangerous deprivation of oxygen necessary for bodily function.
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Words that belong together
- asphyxiated by smoke
- asphyxiate in a sealed space
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Smoke threatened to asphyxiate anyone left inside.
The report stated that the victim had asphyxiated.
Rescuers opened the space before those inside could asphyxiate.
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Word forms
- Base
- asphyxiate
- Past tense
- asphyxiated
- Past participle
- asphyxiated
- Present participle
- asphyxiating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- asphyxiate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are asphyxiating
- Present perfect
- have/has asphyxiated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been asphyxiating
- Past
- asphyxiated
- Past continuous
- was/were asphyxiating
- Past perfect
- had asphyxiated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been asphyxiating
- Future
- will asphyxiate
- Future continuous
- will be asphyxiating
- Future perfect
- will have asphyxiated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been asphyxiating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: asphyxiate; asphyxiates; asphyxiated; asphyxiated; asphyxiating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: asphyxiates.
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