Hey! It's stuffy in here. Get me out before I asphyxiate.
Source: tatoeba (3763905)
Asphyxiate
//əsˈfɪksieɪt//
Synonyms for "asphyxiate" (55 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- sufocar verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- sufocar-se verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Faroese
4 entries- kvala verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- kvalast verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- kódna verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- køvast verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Finnish
2 entries- tukehduttaa verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- tukehtua verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
French
4 entries- asphyxier verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- faire suffoquer verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- s'asphyxier verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- suffoquer verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Hungarian
4 entries- fojt verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- fullad verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- fullaszt verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- megfojt verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Irish
1 entries- plúch verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Italian
3 entries- asfissiare verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- soffocare verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- soffocarsi verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Latin
2 entries- suffōcor verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- suffōcō verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Macedonian
1 entries- угуши verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Māori
1 entries- whakahēmanawa verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Norman
2 entries- asphyxier verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- s'asphyxier verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
Portuguese
2 entries- sufocar verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- sufocar-se verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Russian
4 entries- души́ть verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- задохну́ться verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- задуши́ть verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- задыха́ться verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Spanish
4 entries- asfixiar verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- asfixiarse verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
- sofocar verb (to smother or suffocate someone)
- sofocarse verb (to be smothered or suffocated)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
My friend threw the paper aside, sniffed at the odour of burnt meat, and suggested that the Hag was endeavouring to asphyxiate us.
Source: tatoeba (11844870)
A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.
Source: wiktionary
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