asphyxiatev.
/asˈfɪksɪeɪt/ To affect with asphyxia, to suffocate.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 261/1 A rabbit was asphyxiated by tying the trachea.
1866 Ch. & State Rev. 23 Mar. 177/1 The atmosphere of indifferentism, on the contrary, half asphyxiates the very believer.
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