Asphyxiates Synonyms and Antonyms

Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suffocates
  2. smothers
  3. stifles
  4. strangles
  5. chokes
  6. drowns
Antonyms:
  1. loosens
  2. breathes
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stifles
  2. suffocates