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asphyxiates

asphyxiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of asphyxiate.

Meaning of asphyxiate

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
    • A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2024
  2. (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

Questions about asphyxiates

What is asphyxiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Asphyxiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of asphyxiate.

Words near asphyxiates in the dictionary

  1. asphyxiants
  2. asphyxiaphilia
  3. asphyxias
  4. asphyxiate
  5. asphyxiated
  6. asphyxiates
  7. asphyxiating
  8. asphyxiatingly
  9. asphyxiation
  10. asphyxiations
  11. asphyxiative

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