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HYPERVENTILATE
hyperventilate
(verb) breathe excessively hard and fast; “The mountain climber started to hyperventilate”
hyperventilate
(verb) produce hyperventilation in; “The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilates, present participle hyperventilating, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)
(intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.
Synonyms
• overbreathe
Source: Wiktionary
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