Suffocated (11)
I believe the answer is:
asphyxiated
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">suffocated</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('asphyxiate' can be a synonym of 'suffocate')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asphyxiated that I've seen before include "Choked" , "Perhaps killed" , "Killed by oxygen starvation" .)