asphyxiate

Example Sentences

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The allegations were released Thursday by Haiti’s antigovernment corruption unit, whose general director, Hans Joseph, pledged to go after those who “torpedo the public treasury and asphyxiate the country’s economic and social development efforts.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon monoxide from their own exhalation while buried beneath the snow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2021

While white phosphorus has toxic chemical properties, it is not generally used to poison or asphyxiate, the common aim of chemical weapons.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2019

They now dominate the culture so thoroughly that they threaten to asphyxiate it.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2019

Poor engine hates it—coughing and spluttering the whole way—suppose I’m lucky I didn’t asphyxiate in the exhaust.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein