asphyxiating

present participle of asphyxiate

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Verb
  • Former Ohio State long snapper Michael Roen McCullough was arrested in Columbus early Friday morning after allegedly punching his girlfriend and strangling her during an argument, according to police records.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Visualizing the ropes of the nets twisting around the necks of these animals, slowly strangling, choking, running out of oxygen.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The autopsy report also noted drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine — a drug used to treat opioid use disorder — as contributing to his death at the age of 54.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid drowning leaders in dashboards — insight without relevance is just noise.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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