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asphyxiating

verb , present participle of asphyxiate

Synonyms and Antonyms of asphyxiating

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

The murder victim was asphyxiated.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of asphyxiating

garroting (or garotting), throttling

choking, smothering, stifling, strangling, suffocating

croaking [slang], destroying, dispatching, doing in, felling, slaying

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of asphyxiating

breathing, exhaling, expiring, inhaling, inspiring

resuscitating, reviving

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