asphyxiated

8.6

Not able to breathe because there is not enough oxygen

adjective
/æˈsfɪkʃiˌeɪtɪd/

Specialized

: asfixiado

The climbers became asphyxiated when they reached a high altitude without enough oxygen.

Examples

The trapped animals were asphyxiated due to the smoke from the raging fire.
During the experiment, the frog was asphyxiated in the absence of water and fresh air.
No cuts, no nothing, but asphyxiated basically by this poison that the government had dropped.

Synonyms

hypoxic

vsasphyxiated

Specialized

8 8.1

Having less oxygen than normal in the body or a part of it

means a milder oxygen drop resulting from failure to breathe properly

anoxic

vsasphyxiated

Specialized

2 9.3

Without oxygen so living things cannot breathe

describes inability to breathe because of lack of oxygen

suffocating

vsasphyxiated

1 5.1

Making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, close, or not fresh

refers to the bodily state of being unable to breathe from oxygen lack

anoxemic

vsasphyxiated

Specialized

9.9

Having very low oxygen in the blood

is a general breathing failure causing oxygen loss throughout the body

How Breathless

dead

∞ 1.0

asphyxiated

Specialized

8.6

breathless

16 3.3

winded

21 3.5

Surface Forms

asphyxiated positive

Morphology

asphyxiated = asphyxiate (opaque) = asphyx + iate + ed

The root 'asphyx' is not a standalone English word, making the formation less transparent.

Etymology

Asphyxiated comes from Greek parts a- 'without' and sphyxis 'pulse' (think the English word 'pulse' or 'heartbeat'), and originally meant 'without a pulse'. So asphyxiated today describes someone who is unable to breathe and is lacking oxygen.