Synonyms of asphyxiated

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.

Related Words

• strangled
• drowned
• throttled
• suffocated
• garroted
• smothered
• choked
• destroyed
• stifled
• dispatched
• felled
• slew
• croaked
• did in

Dissimilar Words

• inspired
• breathed
• expired
• inhaled
• exhaled
• revived
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of asphyxiated

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

Mexican authorities found Erbach’s body alongside a road outside the city two days later, and determined he had been asphyxiated. — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 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