v. [f. as prec. + -ATE3.] To affect with asphyxia, to suffocate.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 261/1. A rabbit was asphyxiated by tying the trachea.
1866. Ch. & State Rev., 23 March, 177/1. The atmosphere of indifferentism, on the contrary, half asphyxiates the very believer.
