asphyxiate

English

Etymology

From asphyxia +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsˈfɪksieɪt/

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Verb

asphyxiate (third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)

1. (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
   • 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 October 2024:

     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.

2. (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

Derived terms

• asphyxiator
• autoasphyxiate

Related terms

• asphyxia
• asphyxiation

Translations

to smother or suffocate someone

• Azerbaijani: boğmaq (az)
• Catalan: sufocar (ca)
• Faroese: kvala
• Finnish: tukehduttaa (fi)
• French: asphyxier (fr), faire suffoquer
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afƕapjan)
• Hungarian: megfojt (hu), megfullaszt (hu), fojt (hu), fullaszt (hu)
• Irish: plúch
• Italian: asfissiare (it), soffocare (it)
• Latin: suffōcō
• Macedonian: угуши (uguši)
• Māori: whakahēmanawa
• Norman: asphyxier
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak)
• Portuguese: sufocar (pt)
• Russian: души́ть (ru) impf (dušítʹ), задуши́ть (ru) pf (zadušítʹ)
• Spanish: asfixiar (es), sofocar (es)
• Turkish: boğmak

to be smothered or suffocated

• Azerbaijani: boğulmaq (az)
• Catalan: sufocar-se (ca)
• Faroese: kódna, kvalast, køvast
• Finnish: tukehtua (fi)
• French: s'asphyxier (fr), suffoquer (fr)
• Hungarian: megfullad (hu), fullad (hu)
• Italian: soffocarsi
• Latin: suffōcor
• Norman: s'asphyxier
• Portuguese: sufocar-se
• Russian: задыха́ться (ru) impf (zadyxátʹsja), задохну́ться (ru) pf (zadoxnútʹsja)
• Spanish: asfixiarse (es), sofocarse (es)