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asphyxiate

/as-fik-see-eyt/US // æsˈfɪk siˌeɪt //UK // (æsˈfɪksɪˌeɪt) //

窒息,窒息而死,窒息性,窒息而亡

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing.

    • : to produce asphyxia in.
    • : to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing.

    • : to become asphyxiated.

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Examples

  • In March 2020, Daniel Prude asphyxiated after being hooded and handcuffed by police in Rochester, NY.

  • In his mind, he says, play constant images of Khashoggi, who evidence indicates was slowly asphyxiated by a team of agents and dismembered with a bone saw.

  • Pino, my old gardener, thinks this is a bad idea—that it will soot up in no time, asphyxiating the vertebrates below who just want to sit near the fire and read a book.

  • It is not only that such women do nothing themselves—they slowly asphyxiate their friends, their brothers, or their husbands.

  • A tablespoonful poured on a cow-chip and rolled down a dog hole will asphyxiate the entire family.

  • Compression of the vagus nerve may slow the child's pulse and asphyxiate it through lack of oxygen in the blood.

  • When version has been done haste may compress the head in the tight cervix and asphyxiate the child.

  • It might precipitate, into the air, gases which would asphyxiate us or cause a general conflagration.