Synonyms of asphyxiated

asphyxiated

verb

past tense of asphyxiate

as in strangled

to cause (someone) to stop breathing and often to become unconscious and die

The murder victim was asphyxiated.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangled
• drowned
• throttled
• suffocated
• garroted
• garotted
• smothered
• destroyed
• choked
• stifled
• dispatched
• felled
• slew
• croaked
• did in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inspired
• breathed
• expired
• inhaled
• exhaled
• revived
• resuscitated