asphyxiate

英 [əs'fɪksɪeɪt] 美[əs'fɪksɪet]

• vt. 使…窒息
• vi. 窒息

1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;

"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"

"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

"The child suffocated under the pillow"