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Suffocation

Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.

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1
Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
"A child left unattended may die of suffocation."
2
A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
"The coroner reported three suffocations last week."

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Word	Definition
asphyxiationnoun	An acute lack of oxygen.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suffocation"

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Word	Definition
asphyxiationnoun	An acute lack of oxygen.
asphyxianoun	Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
chokingnoun	The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
smotheringnoun	The act by which someone or something is smothered.
strangulationnoun	The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
bottlenecknoun	(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
sectionnoun	A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
oppressionnoun	The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
suppressionnoun	The act or instance of suppressing.
congestionnoun	The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
cover-upnoun	An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.
stupefactionnoun	The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
stiflingnessnoun	The state or condition of being stifling.
oxygen saturationnoun	(medicine) The proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood.
underoxygenationnoun	(of living tissues or of ecological environments) The state of being underoxygenated.
obstructionnoun	The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
breathlessnessnoun	The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
asystolismnoun	(cardiology) The state or symptoms characteristic of an asystole.
smotherinessnoun	The quality or state of being smothery.