asphyxiated

Definitions

Deprived of oxygen, resulting in unconsciousness or death.

Suffocated or choked due to an inability to breathe.

Examples

The rare plant species was asphyxiated by the thick layer of smog covering the valley.

The investigators concluded that the victim had been asphyxiated before the fire was set.

Synonyms

suffocated choked strangled smothered gasping airless stifled

Antonyms

breathed inhaled oxygenated refreshed revived ventilated resuscitated