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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To cause asphyxia in; smother.
  2. v. To undergo asphyxia; suffocate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To produce asphyxia in; suffocate, or deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or very serious symptoms.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To smother or suffocate someone.
  2. v. intransitive To be smothered or suffocated.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  2. v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  3. v. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

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  • 케발컨 I really like this word cause it represents the meaning. Like, you look at that word and you know that it's all choked up! Aug 9, 2008

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‘asphyxiate’ has been looked up 2019 times, loved by 4 people, added to 36 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 25.