Asphyxiating Synonyms and Antonyms

Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suffocating
  2. smothering
  3. stifling
  4. strangling
  5. choking
  6. drowning
Antonyms:
  1. loosening
  2. breathing
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stifling
  2. suffocating