asphyxiation

as·phyx·i·ate (

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v. as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing, as·phyx·i·ates

v.tr.

To cause asphyxia in; smother.

v.intr.

To undergo asphyxia; suffocate.

as·phyxi·ation n.

as·phyxi·ator n.

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Noun	1.	asphyxiation - the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" suffocation hypoxia - oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
	2.	asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen suffocation kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life strangling, strangulation, throttling, choking - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"

asphyxiation

noun suffocation, strangulation, throttling A post mortem found that she died from asphyxiation.

Translations

asphyxiation [æsˌfɪksɪˈeɪʃən] N → asfixia f

asphyxiation [æsˌfɪksiˈeɪʃ^ən] n → asphyxie f

asphyxiation

n → Erstickung f

asphyxiation [æsˌfɪksɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → asfissia

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"We may stop here, and die of asphyxiation when our atmosphere tanks are empty," replied Perry, "or we may continue on with the slight hope that we may later sufficiently deflect the prospector from the vertical to carry us along the arc of a great circle which must eventually return us to the surface.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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