asphyxiated
/æsˈfɪksiˌeɪtɪd/
verb
- Past tense of asphyxiate: caused someone or something to die or become unconscious by depriving them of air.
- The firefighters found that the smoke had asphyxiated the trapped family.
- The fish in the pond asphyxiated after the algae bloom used up all the oxygen.
- In the old horror movie, the villain asphyxiated his victims with a pillow.
adjective
- Having died or become unconscious due to lack of air.
- The asphyxiated victim was rushed to the hospital but could not be revived.
- The asphyxiated bird lay still on the ground near the gas leak.
- Rescuers found the asphyxiated miners in a sealed tunnel.