Synonyms of asphyxiates

asphyxiates

verb

present tense third-person singular of asphyxiate

as in strangles

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

The murder victim was asphyxiated.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangles
• drowns
• throttles
• slays
• suffocates
• destroys
• garottes
• smothers
• garrotes
• chokes
• stifles
• dispatches
• fells
• croaks
• does in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathes
• expires
• inspires
• inhales
• exhales
• revives
• resuscitates