asphyxiate
[æs'fɪksɪ`et]
vi. 窒息

vt. 使窒息

[医] 使窒息

1. We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
   被些毒气体窒息,其源。

asphyxiate
[ verb ]

1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

<verb.contact> smother suffocate
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

<verb.contact> choke stifle suffocate
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

<verb.change> stifle suffocate
The child suffocated under the pillow

Asphyxiate \As*phyx"i*ate\, v. t.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.

Note: [Used commonly in the past pple.]