Hyphenation of asphyxiate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word asphyxiate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

as-phyx-i-ate

Definitions of asphyxiate:

1.	Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
2.	Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
3.	Be asphyxiated Die from lack of oxygen The child suffocated under the pillow

Synonyms of asphyxiate:

verb	smother, suffocate, kill
verb	suffocate, stifle, choke, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
verb	suffocate, stifle, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass

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