asphyxiate

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asphyxiate (third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

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to smother or suffocate someone

Faroese: kvala
Finnish: tukehduttaa (fi)
Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afƕapjan)
Hungarian: megfojt (hu), megfullaszt (hu), fojt (hu), fullaszt (hu)
Irish: plúch
Italian: asfissiare (it)
Maori: whakahēmanawa
Norman: asphyxier
Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق‎ (boğmak)
Russian: души́ть (ru) impf (dušítʹ), задуши́ть (ru) pf (zadušítʹ)
Spanish: asfixiar (es)

to be smothered or suffocated

Faroese: kódna, kvalast, køvast
Finnish: tukehtua (fi)
Hungarian: megfullad (hu), fullad (hu)
Norman: s'asphyxier
Russian: задыха́ться (ru) impf (zadyxátʹsja), задохну́ться (ru) pf (zadoxnútʹsja)
Spanish: asfixiarse (es)