asphyxied

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of causing someone or something to experience a lack of oxygen, leading to suffocation and ultimately death.

  - "The criminal asphyxiated his victim to avoid leaving fingerprints."
  - "The fire in the tent asphyxiated the campers while they slept."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with asphyxied
apexied , expedied , perplexed , complexed

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Variants

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asphyxiate , asphyxiated , asphyxiates , asphyxiating

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'asphuxias', meaning 'strangulation' or 'choking'.

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Trivia

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1. Asphyxiation is a common cause of death in fires.

2. The longest recorded time a person has survived without breathing was 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

3. Asphyxiation can also occur in space, where there is no oxygen present.

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Related Concepts

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1. Suffocation: The process of causing someone or something to die by obstructing the intake of oxygen.

2. Strangulation: The act of causing death by compressing the neck or other part of the body, cutting off the blood supply to the brain.

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Culture

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Asphyxia has been a common theme in literature and art, often used to depict death or suffocation. For example, Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Pit and the Pendulum' describes a character being subjected to asphyxiation.

How to Memorize "asphyxied"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person being slowly strangled or a fire that produces toxic gases, both of which can lead to asphyxiation.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'asphyxia' with suffocation or strangulation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Asphyxiation Go Down' to remember the definition of asphyxiation.

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