Synonyms of asphyxiated

asphyxiated

verb

past tense of asphyxiate

as in strangled

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

The murder victim was asphyxiated.

Related Words

• strangled
• drowned
• throttled
• suffocated
• garroted
• smothered
• choked
• destroyed
• stifled
• dispatched
• felled
• slew
• croaked
• did in

Dissimilar Words

• inspired
• breathed
• expired
• inhaled
• exhaled
• revived
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of asphyxiated

Mexican authorities found Erbach’s body alongside a road outside the city two days later, and determined he had been asphyxiated. — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026

The 10-mile-high plume asphyxiated around 200,000 residents but also preserved the city in remarkable detail. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026

The fine ash preserved the site but asphyxiated 200,000 residents. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

Tarrant County prosecutors said Busby and an accomplice abducted Crane, 77, from a grocery store parking lot, robbed her and then asphyxiated her with duct tape, wrapping 14 layers around her face. — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026

Like being asphyxiated in a ball pit filled with candy, the experience of watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is at once kaleidoscopic and nerve-wracking. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026

The vocals mutate like asphyxiated Wingdings and aborted thoughts. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025

Teddy is found, bound and asphyxiated, in Cooper’s bedroom, which Aggie cannot bear to enter. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025