ASPHYXIATED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

asphyxiated

verb

past tense of asphyxiate

as in strangled

to cause (someone) to stop breathing and often to become unconscious and die The murder victim was asphyxiated.

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Recent Examples of asphyxiated The family received conflicting information from hospital staff, Alejandra said, with one doctor telling them that Magaña’s injuries were consistent with a fall, while another said he had likely been asphyxiated. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Police subsequently classified Bridget’s death as a homicide and said investigators believed that she and Caleb had both been asphyxiated, the Canadian Press reported at the time. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 According to the Nevada County Coroner’s Office, all nine people who died asphyxiated. — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Adam gets off on being asphyxiated, while Ingeborg has hypersensitive fingertips to the extent of them effectively being her erogenous zone; gracing her hands against the fabric that’s wrapped her lover during his orgasm seems to set off her own. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026 The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026 The 10-mile-high plume asphyxiated around 200,000 residents but also preserved the city in remarkable detail. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026 The fine ash preserved the site but asphyxiated 200,000 residents. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 Tarrant County prosecutors said Busby and an accomplice abducted Crane, 77, from a grocery store parking lot, robbed her and then asphyxiated her with duct tape, wrapping 14 layers around her face. — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026

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Julia Pederson, 41, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was killed after police say her husband, Jonathan Gatto, 41, strangled her inside the family's home and intentionally set it on fire.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The prosecution said Farwell strangled Birchmore and staged it as a suicide.

— Kristina Rex, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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