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Within the alcove, however, there still hung an asphyxiating warmth, which seemed to trickle into the room and gradually disperse in tiny puffs.Au fond de l'alcôve, pourtant, restait une chaleur d'asphyxie, qui semblait couler dans la chambre et s'échapper encore par minces filets de fumée.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
And all these vapours poured in at once, in one asphyxiating gust, so offensive, so violent, as to choke him.Et toutes ces haleines affluaient à la fois, en une même bouffée d'asphyxie, si rude, s'enflant avec une telle violence, qu'elle l'étouffait.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
I was dying of ennui, and if one is bound to be consumed, it is as well to throw oneself into the flames as to be asphyxiated with charcoal.Je périssais d'ennui et pour faire tant que d'être consumée, autant se jeter dans un incendie que de s'asphyxier avec du charbon.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
—The German General Staff neglects no measures which are capable of affecting the enemy's moral tone, but employs night attacks, asphyxiating gas, bombs dropped from balloons, and so forth.— Aucun des procédés capables d'affecter le moral de l'ennemi n'a été négligé par Fétat-major allemand : attaques nocturnes, gaz asphyxiants, lancement de bombes au moyen de ballons, etc.Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Collocations
asphyxiating gas
gaz asphyxiant
Word forms
asphyxiate
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | asphyxiated |
Imperative | asphyxiate |
Present Participle (Participle I) | asphyxiating |
Past Participle (Participle II) | asphyxiated |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I asphyxiate | we asphyxiate |
you asphyxiate | you asphyxiate |
he/she/it asphyxiates | they asphyxiate |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am asphyxiating | we are asphyxiating |
you are asphyxiating | you are asphyxiating |
he/she/it is asphyxiating | they are asphyxiating |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have asphyxiated | we have asphyxiated |
you have asphyxiated | you have asphyxiated |
he/she/it has asphyxiated | they have asphyxiated |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been asphyxiating | we have been asphyxiating |
you have been asphyxiating | you have been asphyxiating |
he/she/it has been asphyxiating | they have been asphyxiating |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I asphyxiated | we asphyxiated |
you asphyxiated | you asphyxiated |
he/she/it asphyxiated | they asphyxiated |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was asphyxiating | we were asphyxiating |
you were asphyxiating | you were asphyxiating |
he/she/it was asphyxiating | they were asphyxiating |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had asphyxiated | we had asphyxiated |
you had asphyxiated | you had asphyxiated |
he/she/it had asphyxiated | they had asphyxiated |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been asphyxiating | we had been asphyxiating |
you had been asphyxiating | you had been asphyxiating |
he/she/it had been asphyxiating | they had been asphyxiating |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will asphyxiate | we shall/will asphyxiate |
you will asphyxiate | you will asphyxiate |
he/she/it will asphyxiate | they will asphyxiate |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be asphyxiating | we shall/will be asphyxiating |
you will be asphyxiating | you will be asphyxiating |
he/she/it will be asphyxiating | they will be asphyxiating |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have asphyxiated | we shall/will have asphyxiated |
you will have asphyxiated | you will have asphyxiated |
he/she/it will have asphyxiated | they will have asphyxiated |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been asphyxiating | we shall/will have been asphyxiating |
you will have been asphyxiating | you will have been asphyxiating |
he/she/it will have been asphyxiating | they will have been asphyxiating |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would asphyxiate | we should/would asphyxiate |
you would asphyxiate | you would asphyxiate |
he/she/it would asphyxiate | they would asphyxiate |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be asphyxiating | we should/would be asphyxiating |
you would be asphyxiating | you would be asphyxiating |
he/she/it would be asphyxiating | they would be asphyxiating |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have asphyxiated | we should/would have asphyxiated |
you would have asphyxiated | you would have asphyxiated |
he/she/it would have asphyxiated | they would have asphyxiated |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been asphyxiating | we should/would have been asphyxiating |
you would have been asphyxiating | you would have been asphyxiating |
he/she/it would have been asphyxiating | they would have been asphyxiating |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am asphyxiated | we are asphyxiated |
you are asphyxiated | you are asphyxiated |
he/she/it is asphyxiated | they are asphyxiated |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being asphyxiated | we are being asphyxiated |
you are being asphyxiated | you are being asphyxiated |
he/she/it is being asphyxiated | they are being asphyxiated |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been asphyxiated | we have been asphyxiated |
you have been asphyxiated | you have been asphyxiated |
he/she/it has been asphyxiated | they have been asphyxiated |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was asphyxiated | we were asphyxiated |
you were asphyxiated | you were asphyxiated |
he/she/it was asphyxiated | they were asphyxiated |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being asphyxiated | we were being asphyxiated |
you were being asphyxiated | you were being asphyxiated |
he/she/it was being asphyxiated | they were being asphyxiated |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been asphyxiated | we had been asphyxiated |
you had been asphyxiated | you had been asphyxiated |
he/she/it had been asphyxiated | they had been asphyxiated |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be asphyxiated | we shall/will be asphyxiated |
you will be asphyxiated | you will be asphyxiated |
he/she/it will be asphyxiated | they will be asphyxiated |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been asphyxiated | we shall/will have been asphyxiated |
you will have been asphyxiated | you will have been asphyxiated |
he/she/it will have been asphyxiated | they will have been asphyxiated |