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According to WordNet, the verb "asphyxiate" has 3 sense(s).

201476180 impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children".

201569181 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".

200359511 be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow".

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