ASPHYXIATES Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

asphyxiates

verb

present tense third-person singular of asphyxiate

as in strangles

to cause (someone) to stop breathing and often to become unconscious and die The murder victim was asphyxiated.

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By the end of the show, Daya’s addiction has turned her into the prison’s drug lord, and her mother strangles her during the series finale.

— Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
But the same instinct that makes a founder indispensable early is exactly what strangles the organization later.

— Daria Rudnik, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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Most of the peril comes with dangerous ship-wrecking moments, including one that implies the death of Moana's relative, while our heroine herself almost drowns on her first voyage from land.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
The show involved bizarre, absurdist comedy premises — in one episode, a man drowns in a bowl of Mary’s chicken soup — and satirized the effects of consumerism on the American housewife.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 July 2026

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