asphyxiate
(verb)
verb
1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Similar word(s): smother, suffocate
Definition categories: contact, kill
2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Similar word(s): choke, stifle, suffocate
Definition categories: contact, block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
Similar word(s): stifle, suffocate
Definition categories: change, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, perish