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asphyxiate

🇬🇧 UK/æs'fiksieit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To cause someone to lose consciousness or die by depriving them of oxygen; to suffocate.

使窒息；（因缺氧）窒息

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
aprefix
+
sphyxroot
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iateto make, having
=asphyxiate

Common Collocations

  • 1.asphyxiate by被…窒息
  • 2.asphyxiate with用…窒息
  • 3.slowly asphyxiate缓慢窒息

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The poisonous gas began to asphyxiate the miners.

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