asˈphyxiated,ppl.a. [f.prec. + -ed.] Affected with asphyxia, suffocated. 1836Todd Cycl.Anat. & Phys. I. 260/2 The carotid arteries of an asphyxiated animal.1870H. Macmillan Bible Teach. xiii. 257 This blue air by which the spirit lives, without which it becomes asphyxiated.