10 letters · 25 points in Scrabble
verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
verb be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
originEtymology tree English asphyxia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English asphyxiate From asphyxia + -ate.
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