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asfixiarse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • asphyxiate verb To smother or suffocate someone.
  • stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.

Senses

asfixiarse is used for these senses in English:

  • asphyxiate (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
  • choke down (transitive) to swallow with difficulty
  • stifle (intransitive) To die of suffocation.

asphyxiate — full definition

  1. verb To smother or suffocate someone.
  2. verb To be smothered or suffocated.

stifle — full definition

  1. verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
  2. verb To make breathing difficult, or to smother.
  3. noun In horses and other four-legged animals, the joint on the hind leg that corresponds to the human knee.

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