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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Asphyxiate

/ăs-fĭk'-sē-ātˌ/ · As·phyx·i·ate · IPA /əsˈfɪksieɪt/
01 v. t. To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
  1. 1.
    To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]