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asphyxiate vs drop dead

drop dead vs asphyxiate

asphyxiate and drop dead both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
asphyxiate No No Yes No
drop dead No No Yes No
As verbs, drop dead is a hypernym of asphyxiate; that is, drop dead is a word with a broader meaning than asphyxiate:
  • asphyxiate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
  • drop dead: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of asphyxiate include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
asphyxiate (verb) drop dead (verb)
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
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