[f. prec. Cf. Fr. asphyxier.] To asphyxiate. (Chiefly in pa. pple.).
1843. Carlyle, Past & Pr. (1858), 96. If said soul be asphyxied.
1881. Tyndall, Ess. Floating-Matter of Air, App. 334. Asphyxied by the defect of oxygen.
