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asphyxiate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of asphyxiate

to cause (someone) to stop breathing and often to become unconscious and die

The murder victim was asphyxiated.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of asphyxiate

garrote (or garotte), throttle

choke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate

croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of asphyxiate

breathe, exhale, expire, inhale, inspire

resuscitate, revive

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