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asphyxiate

verb as in cut off air

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This stops the stress hormone and lactic acid buildup that can hurt flavor and texture when fish are left to asphyxiate.

Victor had been dealing with breathing issues, and she wonders whether the heavy smoke might have asphyxiated him.

She and others worry that it could be even trickier with CO2 — an odorless, asphyxiating gas.

That, in turn, causes them to “asphyxiate because their diaphragm has too much pressure on it.”

Gas stoves emit a variety of pollutants, including asphyxiating carbon monoxide, cancer-causing formaldehyde and benzene.

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