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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 97% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 90% | 7 | Suffocate | |
3 | 90% | 9 | To choke to death | |
Asphyxiate Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STRANGLE" which means:
- verb
- • Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- • Suppress in order to conceal or hide
- • Die from strangulation
- • Prevent the progress or free movement of
- • Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- • Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake noun
- • A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He tried to strangle his opponent during the fight."
- • "The detective discovered that the victim had been strangled with a rope."
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The Guardian Quick13 Sep 2011 | Down 2 | |
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