OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 19813

asphyxiate

/əsˈfɪksieɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asfixiar • sofocar
To smother or suffocate someone.
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.
asfixiarse • sofocarse
To be smothered or suffocated.