asphyxiate
v. (使)窒息
名词：asphyxiation 过去式：asphyxiated 过去分词：asphyxiated 现在分词：asphyxiating 第三人称单数：asphyxiates
近义词：suffocate，smother，choke，stifle，strangulate，throttle，strangle，
英英释义
Verb
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"