Definitions for "Asphyxiate"
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"